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"Mr President, human dramas are played out at Europe’s borders; thousands of immigrants arrive ever more regularly, particularly in Malta, Lampedusa, Ceuta and Melilla, and we have received an alarming report about the situation in the Lampedusa camp following our visit, a report that confirms our worst fears. Moreover, we have all been very alarmed over the last few days by the way in which would-be immigrants have been abandoned in the desert and by the violence to which they have been subjected.
We are talking about women and men, often accompanied by children, who have taken the painful decision to leave their countries. They are fleeing extreme poverty, destitution or violence. All that they want is to live in peace and dignity, and our present European asylum and immigration policy has not been able to come up with proper responses. Our asylum policy needs to match our values. I would remind you that respect for human dignity is the subject of the first article of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Moreover, the proper response to the current challenge lies in European solidarity. It is unacceptable that we should leave countries situated on the borders of Europe to manage these situations on their own. We need to equip ourselves with the resources to combat the forms of destruction threatening the planet: war, terrorism, poverty and under-development, not forgetting those other forms of destruction including contempt for human rights and the growth in intolerance linked to xenophobia and to issues of national and ethnic identity.
Let us say out loud that, if we have the will and if we use the political tools available to us, we have the ability to help curb the phenomena that now appear most to threaten our human destiny. We already have the answer. There is a close link between consolidating peace and eliminating poverty. Individual financial security is a basic component of culture and peace. Eliminating poverty is basically about developing human resources and distributing them fairly, and it must be accompanied by education. There can be no peace or controlled immigration unless poverty is reduced.
Fortress Europe does not exist. It is a fantasy. We must understand, and quickly too, that it is necessary to show solidarity with developing countries and that it is necessary to promote peace and prosperity everywhere in the world. That is not a fantasy and it is not utopian. Will is required, as are the resources for giving expression to that will."@en1
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