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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom, security and justice – Immigration (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060927.3.3-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-27-Speech-3-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Hubert Pirker2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2006-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; AFET (2006-02-02--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2006-02-02--2007-01-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2006-03-21--2007-03-13)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-02-02--2007-02-14)3 member; SEDE (2006-02-02--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Österreichische Volkspartei - Liste Ursula Stenzel (2006-02-01--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2006-03-21--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, the problem of how to contend against illegal immigration is the greatest challenge of modern time, although I have to make it clear that 99% of immigrants are not refugees, but rather economic migrants, and it is ultimately for the European Union and every one of its Member States to decide which migrants, and how many of them, are to be accepted; this is a quite separate matter from asylum, the necessary solutions to which are possible only on a Community basis. I am glad to see that, after many debates, the way is being paved for real action on this front, and Commissioner Frattini deserves praise for Frontex and other measures, but what we should be doing is investing more in prevention. The first steps are indeed being taken to this end, but I suggest that we should give thought to stepping up development aid, to targeting and monitoring it, to the possibility of information campaigns in the mass media, which should be a collaborative effort with the countries of origin, in which people would be informed about the risks and consequences involved in illegal immigration by being shown how things really are for stranded ‘boat people’ and for those who migrate illegally in search of work, and they would also have to be told about the possibility of migrating legally. That really would help to alleviate a lot of need and misery. Thirdly, we must do more to address the problem of people working illegally within the European Union and take firm action. I expect the Council to ensure that there will be no more mass legalisations, which do more than anything else to draw more migrants to the EU. Finally, I would like once more to appeal to the Member States to abandon for good their national animosities where asylum, migration for work purposes and internal security are concerned, or at any rate to curb them and move towards Community-based solutions, for what new challenges demand is new European responses."@en1

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