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"Mr President, I should like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Moraes, for having made himself so available and for his willingness to work together, and I should also like to thank him on behalf of Mr Mantovani, who would have liked to be here and speak but was called back to Italy on a matter of urgency.
The dynamics of immigration in the European Union should be seen as part of a framework that takes account of the benefits this brings to all the parties involved. The Irish Presidency also mentioned this point this morning. Migratory flows must be managed so that they serve the interests of both the host country and the country of origin. Management of these flows may in fact be a response, as has already been said, to the democratic and economic development of the Union. We now need to improve the integration of the immigrants – legal immigrants – who represent a resource, but the immigrant populations must in turn respect the fundamental values of their host countries. A proposal has been mentioned to guarantee citizens of third countries legally residing in the Union the opportunity to vote in local and European elections. It is clear to everyone that such a question should remain a matter of the strictest subsidiarity.
I thank the rapporteur in particular for the compromise reached with the Member State governments on setting up a quota system for legal entry into their countries, and thus into Europe, to be offered to the countries of origin and of transit as one of the main incentives for negotiation and agreement on readmission. It is very important to get this kind of collaboration.
In any case, this complex issue, together with preparation of policy on the management of migratory flows, must obviously be dealt with at European level as quickly as possible. The rights of migrants must be recognised, but only alongside a policy to regulate these flows, which has to be a strict one.
In conclusion, Italy has the second highest number of immigrants in Europe and is the only country in Europe to have very long external borders to the east and to the south. The whole of Europe must take stock of the size and complexity of this enormous migratory and social pressure, because the real problem starts in Italy but is immediately and automatically transferred to all the other Community countries."@en1
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