Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-04-21-Speech-2-992"
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"Based on the fact that Europe is the main destination for immigrants, harmonising the immigration legislative framework must be among the EU’s priorities.
If we Europeans are not going to take measures now to promote a common immigration policy, we will suffer the consequences later of not having done it on time.
I can envisage the scenario of thousands of illegal immigrants losing their lives at sea. I think that it is our duty to prevent the loss of human life. In this respect, we must totally commit to active cooperation with the countries where the illegal immigrants come from.
I believe that a common European immigration policy must prove to be a policy supporting solidarity with Member States located at the EU’s borders, which suffer large influxes of immigrants.
I support the view that the battle against illegal immigration can only be waged through promoting controlled legal immigration. Every Member State must individually make firm commitments to create favourable conditions for legal immigration.
I welcome this report, which has turned out to be fairly ambitious, and I hope that it will get through with flying colours during the plenary session vote."@en1
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