Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-03-29-Speech-3-133"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:High Level Working Group on Asylum and Migration2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000329.8.3-133"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-29-Speech-3-1342
lpv:speaker	lp:Francesco Enrico Speroni2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-10-05--2002-01-14)3 co-chair; TGI (1999-07-22--2001-10-02)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to dwell mainly on the issue of immigration, rather than asylum, and consider the issue as a whole rather than examining the situation in these specific countries. First of all, contrary to popular belief, the right to immigrate does not exist. It is not enshrined in any agreement or any international convention, and it is therefore completely legitimate to regulate and restrict immigration. Moreover, when Europeans emigrated to the United States or to South America, they had to abide by quotas and obtain licences as well. My grandfather was an immigrant, and I know that at that time there were rules and, in the same way, when I emigrated to Africa for a brief period of time, I had to obtain a visa and I was subject to controls. Even recently, when I went to the ACP-European Parliament Assembly, we had to obtain visas and be vaccinated. These rules are therefore fundamental, and to advocate their creation and observance can in no way be equated to racism or xenophobia. The rules must take into account the implications of admitting immigrants and, therefore, the number of people to whom it is possible to grant entry to the European Union. Borders must be watertight, and we must dispel the illusion or, in some cases, the certainty, brought about by countless amnesties, that the important thing is to get into the European Union, maybe into a State such as Italy, which is considerably more lenient than others, and that once an immigrant is in all he has to do is sit tight, avoiding committing too many crimes, if possible, and sooner or later he will receive an amnesty. This is totally unacceptable."@en1

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