Jeg kan også forsikre ordføreren om, at selv om kvindelig omskæring ikke nævnes eksplicit i det pågældende direktiv, så betragter Kommissionen det som seksuelt begrundet vold, hvorfor det er at regne blandt de ting, der efter min mening retfærdiggør tildeling af flygtningestatus.
I can also assure the rapporteur that, although female genital mutilation is not explicitly included in the text of the directive in question, the Commission does regard it as an act of violence perpetrated for sexual purposes, and it is therefore included among the reasons that, in my view, justify the granting of refugee status.