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"Mr President, the influx of family migrants entering the Netherlands this year will once again reach figures of over 40 000. Family reunification is therefore one of the main catalysts of this ongoing mass immigration, with problems such as cultural alienation, an increase in our environmental footprint and excessive strains on the welfare state. I would emphasise that this is an issue concerning family migrants. We are not talking about refugees who are at risk in their own country. The Netherlands is now asking for a widening of the European directive which will enable us to make our own decisions on migration. After all, each Member State is different. The Netherlands wants the scope to be able to pursue its own policy, as that has now become necessary, but Commissioner Malmström is of the opinion that the problems of one individual country are of no importance. Is she siding with the Europeans in this? No, Commissioner Malmström is siding with the immigrants. The Commission argues that entire families should be able to settle in the EU, but the right to a family life can be exercised just as well, if not better, in the country of origin. Commissioner Malmström is totally blind to the reasonable requirement that Member States should be able to make their own decisions in matters that concern their very survival. I call on the Commission once again to put the interests of Member States and the interests of society first. Legislation ought to serve everyone’s interests, not just the interests of immigrants and those of the Commission in its ivory tower."@en1
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