Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-07-Speech-2-324"
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"Mr President, how can we fail to respect these men and women who, fleeing poverty or dictatorship or war, are prepared to sacrifice everything to reach the European Union in the legitimate hope of a better life?
Zero immigration and fortress Europe are dangerous and reprehensible utopias. Saying this, though, does not mean that we can just do anything. The acceptance of immigrants needs to be organised and prepared. In this matter, the EU must play its role, including by providing funding. I share the report’s hostility to the setting up of detention centres and to sifting immigrants within the EU or outside its borders. I experienced this, sadly, with the notorious camp at Sangatte. These centres do not solve anything, quite the contrary. They feed tensions of all kinds.
I agree with the report where it puts forward as a principal aim decisively and mercilessly attacking the people smugglers. The same pitiless suppression must be targeted at employers who exploit immigrants completely outside the law. On the other hand, I regret the fact that the report presents EU immigration policy as an adjustment variable for the labour market and as a way of pushing down wages. Good immigration policy involves a real will to support the sustainable development of emerging countries and not cynically viewing them as a democratic source of cheap labour for the needs of the European Union."@en1
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