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"Madam President, we have come to the end of the speeches, so I am going to focus on two points in the form of questions. Firstly, the humanitarian chaos in the Mediterranean is the inevitable consequence of the shortcomings, indeed of the lack of a common migration policy, within the European Union. To seek merely to prevent migration flows bound for Europe is unrealistic, and it means that, today, third countries and Member States in southern Europe are alone having to suffer the consequences. The Italian response – collective expulsions – is not acceptable, and neither is the French position of closing the borders; it resolves nothing and simply overlooks the real issues at stake.
My first question is this: can we expect a shake-up and the development of a balanced European migration policy?
My second question concerns European solidarity also; I do not see it as a slogan but as something that has become an urgent and absolute necessity. I, too, urge the Council to respond urgently and activate the solidarity mechanism provided for by the directive on temporary protection in the event of a mass influx, but I also urge the Member States to respond to the UNHCR’s appeal for the urgent resettlement mechanism to be applied.
Therefore, my second question is: can we expect concrete action at the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 11 and 12 April?"@en1
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