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"The Moderate Party delegation to the European Parliament has today voted in favour of the Council directive on minimum standards for when citizens of third countries and stateless persons will be considered refugees or as persons who, for other reasons, require international protection and on the legal status of these persons. However, we have voted against Parliament’s amended proposal.
We believe in the clear right of refugees to find sanctuary from persecution and other oppression by entering the EU. Establishing minimum standards is an important first step on the road towards a common asylum policy in the EU. However, it is important to emphasise that, over and above the minimum standards proposed by the EU, it should be possible for Member States to provide people with protection for other reasons.
Transparency must lie at the heart of creating a common stance within the EU on immigration and migration. Designing an immigration policy, in other words rules for being able to move to a country, is always a balancing act. Open borders could easily lead to us closing the door on dynamism and improvements.
Immigration is an asset. The opportunity for foreign citizens who are not refugees to immigrate to Europe as migrant workers should be expanded."@en1
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