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"en.20160913.50.2-879-000"2
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"Madam President, I am pleased that the UN General Assembly will shortly be debating the issue of migration and refugees, as this matter must be looked at from a truly global perspective.
There are many international laws and norms that clarify refugee rights, and these must be adhered to by all nations. Last summer’s tragic waste of life could have been avoided if Chancellor Merkel had not made the reckless decision to open Germany, and thus the rest of the Schengen area, to all who could physically make it to its borders. As we know, the wave of people taking up this call also allowed for infiltration from terrorists opposed to Western values. President Erdoğan has used the migration crisis to pull the European Union’s strings. Many concessions have been made, notably in visa liberalisation and Turkish EU accession talks. Opinion polls in Hungary show 70% to 80% opposition to this migration deal. The EU must learn to respect the opinions of such citizens or risk further fragmentation.
Now the UK is looking beyond the European Union, the need for mutual cooperation and cordial relations is nowhere more apparent than in affairs of migration and refugees. The UK, France and the Republic of Ireland must continue to cooperate effectively on our mutual borders and avoid any unnecessary and punitive restrictions on UK-EU travel arrangements."@en1
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