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"Mr[nbsp ]President, the ECR Group is not, in general, in favour of one common European asylum and migration policy. Whilst there is a clear need for cooperation on these issues and certain minimum standards that must be respected, Member States have different labour-market needs and different social policies. They should have some freedom to decide, for example, how many migrants from outside the EU they should accept and how many refugees they can resettle.
However, my group and my delegation will vote in favour of the Guillaume report on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. We believe that, following negotiations with the Council and the Commission, we have a reasonable proposal which provides flexibility and will help with the management of migration flows. More than three-quarters of the money will be allocated to Member States and their national programmes. The money can be spent on a range of issues, such as the integration of asylum seekers, but also on combating illegal immigration.
I would particularly like to thank Ms[nbsp ]Guillaume and Commissioner Malmström for their work. We have worked hard to make sure that the various funds complement one another, in order to simplify implementation and reduce administrative burdens.
My Government in the UK decided to opt in to the fund in April[nbsp ]2012, and I am pleased that it did so. The UK is very active in this area, for example with resettlement and relocation programmes, and we are therefore the single biggest beneficiary of the fund. I am also glad to see priority being accorded within the Internal Security Fund to the fight against cybercrime, but more must be done. In terms of getting meaningful cooperative action on this growing problem, the clock is ticking. We can also do more to safeguard the EU’s internal security, particularly in the area of law-enforcement-related information exchange.
The overall point I would make is that the Member States must want to buy into programmes such as the resettlement programme. They should not necessarily be mandatory objectives, and it was important that the voluntary nature of such activities be maintained and that Member States be incentivised to take action in these important areas. We have succeeded to that extent."@en1
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