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"Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, today’s debate is based on two reports which clearly represent two complementary approaches: the policy plan on legal migration and the priorities in the fight against illegal immigration. To favour one and forget the other would be a serious mistake. They are two sides of the same coin. Migration is nowadays a huge phenomenon. It is estimated that there are currently around 26 million migrants in the European Union, here both legally and illegally. Migration is a phenomenon which clearly has a European dimension, not only because each Member State
cannot manage this effectively, but particularly because any change to the migration policy of one Member State can impact on the migration flows and their development in other Member States.
Mr Vice-President of the Commission, I obviously support the idea of the Blue Card and also the creation of a European immigration portal providing information, on a large scale, on the conditions and options for legal migration in the European Union. I welcome the strategy of abandoning the idea of a single directive, following a number of years of deadlock within the Council, and adopting a progressive method involving the presentation of four sectoral directives over the next three years. I would stress the need for a development aid policy involving the signing of agreements with third countries to effectively manage migration. Cooperation with the countries of origin is essential in the fight against human trafficking and illegal employment.
Finally, Mr President, we must also guarantee border control and the use of available resources such as Frontex and RABITs (Rapid Border Intervention Teams), which must have access to the resources needed for their work."@en1
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