Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-02-Speech-2-077"
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"The Pirker report has the merit of being frank. It presents immigration as a simple problem of merchandise linked to the needs of the capitalist system. In effect, the report regards as positive the view that immigration should be envisaged from an economic viewpoint, as a function of the needs and capacities of Member States. Article 23 could not be clearer. Each Member State has the freedom to define the skills profile and number of workers required on the basis of the needs of its labour market. In other words, the proposed Community policy on immigration is a quota policy. By adopting such a position, Europe shows that it is still a long way from recognising the right to immigration.
What we have here is residence permits restricted by the requirements of the bosses and the fantasies of the demographers. Even the issue of keeping families together is going to be subject to different rules for each group of immigrants, which is the exact opposite of freedom of movement, freedom to select one’s place of business, and the right to live with one’s family.
Massively overexploited, immigrants are the victims of liberal deregulation. I shall end by saying that only the general regularisation of the position of illegal immigrants plus citizens’ rights will enable us to combat effectively the modern slavery which we are being invited to support."@en1
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