Belgian MEP Véronique De Keyser (PSE) said "it is unacceptable that a people is dying slowly, in a huge open air ghetto, watched by cameras from across the globe, with no rights to develop, move freely, educate their children, a people whose survival has a heavy price for us".
Trešdienas debatēs viens no ziņojuma par jauno vietu sadalījumu autoriem franču deputāts Alain Lamassoure (Eiropas Tautas partijas grupa) mudināja kolēģus veikt „uz pašiem attiecināmas” reformas un aizstāvēt nevis nacionālās, bet gan Eiropas intereses.