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"Mr President, a Community policy on the movement of third country nationals must be innovative and responsible. Innovative, as the report states, in the close interaction between, on the one hand, enhanced measures against illegal immigration and, on the other, a policy in the field of legal immigration that is geared towards Member States’ capacities and needs. Promoting common asylum and return policies and introducing more secure documents or undertaking awareness-raising campaigns in the countries of transit and of origin of illegal immigration are areas in which innovation can be demonstrated.
What, furthermore, do we understand by the term ‘responsible policy? It does not necessarily mean consolidating our external borders, turning the Union into a fortress, but nor does it mean opening up these borders willy-nilly, leaving to their fate the individuals who are anxious to enter our countries. Reality has shown that neither of these methods is up to the task and we therefore want to see rules of entry that enable us to be generous in integrating immigrants.
This is where our social concerns arise. We do not want these people to live in our countries without being integrated, without participating, benefiting or having obligations towards the Community that they are joining. It is this dialogue between rights and obligations, defining the way people function within society, that we want to maintain. Realistically speaking, reception implies a mutual benefit for the individual and for the host State. This common policy will, however, be less efficient if supported by only one of the parties involved and we therefore welcome the cooperation agreements with the countries of origin and of transit that have just been concluded. We cannot agree in the same way, however, to the planned creation of a European Corps of Border Guards, which needs to be discussed at greater length.
We do welcome, though, the option to include in these agreements economic or commercial measures, which would only enter into force if the agreements were complied with. This is a question of honouring commitments that have been given. I will conclude by congratulating the rapporteur on the excellent contribution he has made to promoting a responsible, tough and generous Community policy on the movement of people, with the participation of all the parties involved."@en1
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