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". Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first of all to give a warm welcome to the 350 young Italians from the who are observing our evening debates. The phenomenon of migration has more bearing than ever on the international community and each Member State. The report by Mrs Klamt makes an important contribution to this pressing debate. We still do not talk a lot about the situation of immigrants in their country of origin, but we talk more and more about immigrants in order to highlight the problems they create in the countries in which they settle. Those who ought to concern us, as political representatives, are the men and women who suffer as a result of immigration. I am referring, in particular, to the poorest people and families. For them, immigration is sometimes seen as a last resort to escape poor living conditions. I am in favour of an immigration policy in Europe that fully respects the European Convention on Human Rights and of its being enforced in compliance with the principle of subsidiarity. I am in favour of having the courage to distinguish between economic migration and asylum granted on humanitarian grounds, which respects the dignity of unknown persons. I am in favour of having the political and civic courage to select economic migrants in accordance with the actual requirements of the labour market in the Member States acting as host countries. I am in favour of governments having the courage to give jobs first and foremost to all those women who want one, in order to bring them out of long term unemployment. The opinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality also emphasises the need to acknowledge the importance of undeclared jobs. Doing so is an essential factor in the fight against illegal economic migration, of which women are frequently the victims. To conclude, I should like to make one further point regarding women. We want cultural diversity. We are all in favour of improving women’s health. That is why we are in favour of gynaecological and obstetrical health care services and of protecting mothers and their children in order to enable all female migrants to receive the highest possible level of health care."@en1

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