immigration

In order to try to stop illegal immigration the EU needs to work a lot more in the countries where migrants are coming from, especially when people are willing to immigrate for economic reasons. Sponsoring a better education system in the countries of origin, or trainings in EU countries where people can learn valid skills and use them in return in their home countries, for example in terms of engineering or agriculture.

Integration of immigrants is a priority in the EU. There is a real need to prepare for migration professionally, but also culturally, to allow for adaptation and integration in the host country. This type of support is essential prior to migration. It could be provided through language and culture courses of the host country

Integration means also to respect immigrant’s rights.

EU should improve common mechanisms to ensure the respect of those rights as well as non-discrimination of immigrants in the labour market.

The EU should make sure that its member States respect basic human rights when dealing with migrants. No country should be allowed to lock up children or families in prison-like centres for illegal migrants (this is the case in Belgium). If a member State is not able to manage the situation, it should receive some form of assistance and guidance. And be sanctioned if the situation persists.

Helping countries where migrants come from to develop their economies and education systems is of course basic common sense, as improving these will reduce the need for economic migration. 

To take care of immigrants is no priority, the real priority is to take care of 20 million UE unemployed and as many or more poor people, and prevent immigrants to come and steal jobs. UE does not need immigrants, because we unemployed can do those works, all people saying we refuse any job do lie.  We must stop immigrants, without worrying about human rights: war is war, some States shoot, all should do the same. Main thing, jobs must be given to UE unemployed, jobgivers must be not let free to call people from abroad or choose who can work, and laws are not to contain any bug jobgivers might use to fool EU unemployed. No "prizes" to Third World countries, on the contrary to cut helps to States that let immigrants leave or pass throu.

Pahor Paolo

Paoloyyy, I don't agree with you. It is proven that in the next ten twenty years the EU will need a lot of immigrant workers in order to keep on functionning the way our societies do at the moment. The fact that 20 million people are unemployed is mainly due to the current crisis rather than to too many immigrants taking jobs.  And worrying about human rights should always be our top priority, we are not at war with the countries these people are coming from. If they had a choice they'd much rather stay home than risk their lives to come to Europe. Plus, if the EU stops helping the countries these people are coming from, than there will be even less money for their citizens, which will force even more people to try to immigrate illegally.

We should just shut off ALL immigration of people with no sufficient education. We don't need more low wage workers but we need doctors, scientist and other well educated people.

The borders should be controlled stronger.