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"I fully support this excellent report and would like to add three comments of my own on the subject.
Firstly, we have to rid ourselves of the illusion that an active policy on legal immigration will put a stop to the illegal flow of migrants into our countries. An active policy on legal immigration will, by definition, be determined by our own needs, whereas illegal immigration will correspond to the needs of those – and there are currently tens of millions of such people, mainly in Africa – who want to move here to escape war, persecution, poverty or, quite simply, the lack of future prospects for themselves and their children.
Secondly, the control of the EU’s external borders and the fight against networks of illegal immigrant smugglers will unfortunately remain a political priority for many years to come because in reality the trade in human misery is in the hands of criminal gangs. The fight against illegal immigration is therefore not directed ‘against’ the illegal immigrants as such: it is part of the battle against organised crime, which is something we have to win together.
Thirdly and finally, we must at the same time maintain our relentless efforts to combat poverty and this can only be done through co-development in Africa."@en1
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