October 8, 2015

66th Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

“Europe will be able to confront the problems associated with immigration only if it is capable of clearly asserting its own cultural identity…. Only if it is capable of adopting fair, courageous and realistic policies which can assist the countries of origin in their own social and political development and in their efforts to resolve internal conflicts – the principal cause of this phenomenon – rather than adopting policies motivated by self-interest, which increase and feed such conflicts. We need to take action against the causes and not only the effects.”
Downlaod statement