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I thank the honourable Member for his comments, which I shall pass on to the Council. As I said, this is a pilot programme because, basically, this is the first time there has been such extensive collaboration between the Member States on this sort of operation. What we are trying to do is to see where we can improve our border protection against illegal immigration. The problem of illegal immigration is, of course, a complicated problem because there is not just the question of protecting our borders; other factors come into play, such as hotbeds of war, hotbeds of poverty, environmental, political and other crises. All these are factors which affect the rise and fall in immigration and the choice of crossing point and encourage illegal immigration. I agree that the results of this operation are by no means guaranteed. This is a pilot programme and it will need to be evaluated, as will numerous other measures we need to take in connection with other Union policies, such as justice and home affairs, development cooperation and bilateral relations with numerous countries, measures that we trust will also have positive results."@en1
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