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"Mr President, laying the foundations for the construction of a European area of freedom, security and justice was the goal of the European Council of Tampere, an important goal because it affects the values which are at the heart of our western civilisation. We are therefore waiting impatiently for the good will declarations to be followed by real, concrete policies. For example, the need to establish a joint policy on immigration and asylum is now commonly felt by the peoples of Europe. We must aim for an open, secure European Union which will establish partnerships with the migrants’ countries of origin and draw up joint development policies with these countries and those that migrants pass through. To start with, we need a common European asylum system with the basic conditions for receiving migrants and, later, we need a uniform statute for asylum seekers.
I am worried that, along with joint legislation, there is a lack of effective solidarity measures between the Member States for times when we need to address emergency situations, as in the case of the huge influx of Albania and Balkan citizens into Italy following the political crisis in those countries. Think of the Mediterranean in general, and the Adriatic in particular which forms an external border of the Union and not just Italy. The invitation to the Commission to assess the possibility of a budgetary reserve for this is significant but it is still not enough – the entire European Union should take responsibility for the extraordinary influx of non-Community immigrants with a strong act of solidarity towards the most affected countries, Italy in particular. The act of solidarity and improved control of migration flows are important instruments in the fight against organised crime and, in particular, against trafficking in human beings. The issue of women and children who are exploited and set up as prostitutes and the relationship of this world with drug trafficking, apart from being important matters affecting public safety, are, from a human point of view, tragic and distressing and require specific intervention on our part.
All of these actions and others as well, which relate to the security of European Union citizens, must be carried out in full compliance with the fundamental rights of those living in the Union, because the keystone of the future area of freedom and security is in fact those indispensable fundamental rights."@en1
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