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"Mr President, in adopting the Hague Programme on 4 and 5 November, the Council has set new priorities for Europe with regard to strengthening the area of security, freedom and justice. We are pleased to see that the Council has heeded this House’s demands, in particular those relating to the move to codecision and qualified majority voting in such areas as asylum, immigration and the fight against terrorism, not to mention, of course, civil justice.
Yet we regret to see that this Programme appears to be yet another example of the Council doing little other than stating its good intentions. It is all well and good for it to congratulate itself on progress made during the past five years, particularly with regard to the establishment of a common asylum and immigration policy, the harmonisation of border controls and improvements to judicial cooperation, yet it would have only been fair to include references to the obstacles which certain Member States have placed in the way of progress in the field of justice and to note that only a minimum level of harmonisation in the field of asylum has been achieved. Although the Council expresses its regret that not all objectives were met, it has made no provision for specific measures to ensure that this does not happen again in future years.
Finally, we are particularly concerned at the parallel drawn between the fight against terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration. This implies that illegal immigrants are assumed
to be potential criminals or terrorists, an assumption which is entirely unacceptable. These are people who have been forced to leave their country of origin as a result of unbearable living conditions or persecution. Whilst it is true that we need a global approach to policies relating to asylum, immigration and external border controls, I am sure you will agree that such an approach should not be adopted at the cost of migrants’ basic rights."@en1
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