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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union faces a growing problem of illegal immigration. An integrated and global approach must be developed, in order to prevent and eradicate this phenomenon and to combat its underlying causes. The Tampere Council called for a common asylum and immigration policy; at Laeken and Seville the need was confirmed to effectively combat illegal immigration and an initial balance sheet was drawn up of the progress that has been made in this field in the framework of the Thessaloniki decisions, which lay behind this initiative. I wish to congratulate Mr Pirker on the excellent report he has presented to us. I agree with him when he emphasises the need for a universal and coherent approach. There are eight points that I wish to highlight:
firstly, the existence of legal channels of immigration that enable the citizens of third countries to enter the European Union on the basis of each Member State’s capacity to receive people, This will require closer cooperation with the countries of origin;
secondly, integrating legal immigrants who live and work in the European Union by means of a common social integration policy that strikes a balance between the rights and the corresponding obligations of these citizens and the host societies;
thirdly, the joint management of migratory flows, in particular visa policy, because agreement must be reached as swiftly as possible on the necessary legal, technical and financial bases of the visa information system (VIS);
fourthly, improving controls at the external borders, which means creating a European border guard;
fifthly, the much-trumpeted European asylum system;
in sixth place, negotiating readmission agreements, with a common policy for returning persons in an illegal situation, with minimum rules for return procedures and the mutual recognition of these decisions, and with the co-financing of projects for cooperation under a programme of aid for return;
in seventh place, combating trafficking in human beings, calling to account those who profit from this business and providing support for the victims of trafficking. It is worth highlighting the importance of increasing operational support for Europol in preventing and combating this type of trafficking;
my eighth and final point is the fight against illegal immigration, which means investing in information on prospects for legal immigration that provide a genuine alternative."@en1
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