Verbatim report of proceedings

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 - Strasbourg

EU Member States support for the UN Global compact for migration (debate)

  Jussi Halla-aho, on behalf of the ECR Group. – Madam President, the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) is a non-binding policy paper. However, many countries, including the US, Australia and some members of the EU, have already declared that they will not join this declaration, as they believe it would limit their sovereignty in immigration matters. In terms of content, the GCM is a misguided and dangerous document. What Europe is facing is a century of massive migratory pressure from Africa and the Middle East. This is an existential threat to our societies. You simply cannot tackle this kind of a problem with a migration policy that is only focused on the rights of the individual migrant or by opening new legal avenues to Europe or by silencing criticism with hate speech legislation. We need effective tools to curb mass immigration from the Third World. The GCM, unfortunately, does not offer such tools, and therefore, it would be wise for all EU Member States to withdraw from it.