Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-05-Speech-2-186-000"
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"I would like to offer my support to the inhabitants of Lampedusa, who are faced with overcrowding, insecurity, supply problems and possibly health hazards, but who, in the eyes of this Parliament, take second place to the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants landing on their shores. I also wish to say to the Italian authorities that it is to Africa, not Europe, that the boats they charter should repatriate these illegal immigrants. Most of these people come from Tunisia, a country where apparently a wonderful democratic adventure is taking place, in which they have a duty to take part. We cannot continue to accommodate all those who feel uneasy in their own country, because it is raining there... or not; because it is a dictatorship... or because it is no longer one; because it is underdeveloped, or because it is developing. The main motivation of these migrants is purely economic.
Our development aid policies should encourage people to remain in their own country, and should even be conditional on that and on their citizens returning. Contrary to what the rapporteur says, there is no such thing as the ‘right’ to emigrate. The European peoples on the other hand, who should be your first priority, do have the absolute right to say ‘STOP’ and to be heard."@en1
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