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I should like to join with those who have congratulated the rapporteur on pulling off what was not a very easy job.
Sometimes we have a rather schizophrenic attitude to immigration. On the one hand we continuously stress the need for more economic integration, while at the same time we further tighten the rules on immigration. The result is illegal immigration, human trafficking and abuse of asylum policies. We have shameful scenes in Europe of misery, poverty, and even of people drowning on our shores. That is unacceptable.
We need to accept that Europe has become an immigration continent. We should actually be welcoming immigrants, people who are trying to improve their lot. Those people are not criminals, they are showing initiative. People like that have built the United States. They are dynamic and strong and we need them. These people are trying to improve their lives and that is not a crime.
We need proper European immigration policies with real possibilities for legal immigration. At the same time we need integration policies. Immigrants should be fully included in the community. They should be enabled to participate fully in social, cultural and political life, whether by actual voting rights or mechanisms for representation. My Group is very happy to support the report as it stands. It is balanced and will give the necessary support to the European Commission in setting up its policies."@en1
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