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PES President: rights and duties for all is key for migration

Published Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 10:13
by Poul_Nyrup_Rasmussen (687 views and 0 comments)

I would really take this point about decent conditions for migration and integration of migrants as one of the most important ones for the future work of the PES. With the Lisbon Treaty, European cooperation on migration will be reinforced and at the next meeting of the PES Presidency we will have a debate on migration and integration.

From my view point decent conditions for migration is, right now, one of the most significant human rights challenges within the European Union. We often talk about ensuring decent working and living conditions for EU citizens looking for jobs across EU borders. But migrants from outside the EU are also a very vulnerable group and we need to ensure decent conditions for their arrival and stay. But it must be based on the same rights and duties for all. This is the key to integration. This is key to understanding and acceptance by ordinary people.

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