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"Mr President, I concur with the many warm words that have been spoken by a number of Members, and I too would ask for your support for this excellent report.
We are faced with a very harrowing problem for which a solution is required as a matter of urgency. That solution should, however, be a real and permanent one rather than a makeshift attempt. What is really required in the long term is, of course, legal immigration in the European Union; from that point of view, the Council has missed an opportunity by deliberately excluding legal immigration from qualified majority voting. It would appear that the Member States find it easier to reach agreement on how to keep people outside of the EU than on how we can properly allow them in. Over the past few weeks and months, the EU and Parliament have discussed European values and human rights at great length, particularly in the debate on the Commission, but also again today in connection with Turkey.
Our civilisation’s standards are measured against the manner in which we deal with our fellow human beings and translate our values into practice. Asylum seekers are not criminals; they are fellow human beings and should, accordingly, be received under humane conditions. They deserve our support, and I, therefore, endorse this report."@en1
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