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"Mr President, we have carefully read the reports of our two fellow honourable Members. There are no proposals in them which differ substantially from the measures and policies proposed by the Council and the Commission. Frontex, for which more allocations are being sought, is not just a mechanism for policing our borders; it can also be used as a platform for the control of non-EU countries bordering the EU. The solution for combating illegal immigration is not to set up repression and intervention mechanisms. We should not establish detention centres, collect biometric data in central databases, or treat all those who attempt to cross our borders either as terrorists or as criminals across the board. At the same time, nor is the creation of a framework of specifications for legal immigration a way to combat illegal immigration. We should not continue to use this framework as a pretext for the promotion of measures that will serve the European Union as a whole without taking into account the rights of immigrants themselves. The relevant explanatory statement does not criticise the use of biometric data; it does not distinguish between controls and the management of immigration, nor does it consider those immigrants who do not fall into the categories of useful intellectual skills or vital manual labour to serve the needs of the multinationals. Immigration is a two-way relationship of supply and dialogue, exchange and mutual influence, cooperation and respect for peoples and individuals, comprehension and the guaranteeing of equal opportunities. It is therefore our duty to promote policies which take this approach, and this approach alone."@en1

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