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"Mr President, I have compassion for those who have suffered great danger fleeing conflict and great sympathy for those people in those coastal areas of Italy and Greece who have borne the brunt of the current migration flow. We have a crisis, but I am afraid EU policy has made it worse.
The Schengen open borders system has encouraged entry. The Commission plan to distribute large numbers of migrants across Europe is further incentive. Today it is 40 000, plus 120 000. How many more tomorrow? Over nine million people have left their homes in Syria. The people-traffickers are being enriched at the cost of human life. All this is happening at a time of raised threats of terrorism.
The first priority of EU policy should be the security and cohesion of our countries and the rights of our own citizens. Certainly, we need to relieve the pressure on Italy and Greece. Instead of making the problem worse we should focus on improving border security and a functioning system for the processing of migrants, including the return of those that are not genuine refugees.
We must help people fleeing persecution, but above all we must protect our democracies."@en1
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