Mark Rutte Quotes

I do not have the slightest bit of confidence in the European Union to protect the borders of the European Union.

In 2015, the majority of refugees and migrants reached the European Union through Greece. Greek authorities were overwhelmed by the sheer number of people arriving at their shores. But they did not stay there. They were waved through to Central Europe at an increasing pace.

We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.

The issue of migration has played a key role in all of our member states, wherever we are. Only we, as a European Union, can convince our citizens that we do have an answer to this - not deny migration, not pretend you can solve it by building fences and walls, not pretending we can solve it by letting everybody in.

The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries try to load the problem off on their neighbors.

What is the issue that has brought the European Union to the brink? The issue of migration.

We must make immigration a legal, orderly process to eliminate this issue, not further criminalize it.

Regarding the visa-free regime, it has undoubtedly become a problem for the European Union, above all in terms of its capacity to reach agreements.

Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement.

Resolutions of the State Council of Ohio, Junior Order of United American Mechanics urging passage of laws to prevent the landing on our shores of the vicious, lawless, pauperized, and anarchistic elements of foreign countries.

Immigration policy should be set and enforced federally.

I believe that if we don't offer legal ways of emigrating to Europe and immigrating within Europe, we will be lost. If those who come - who are, generally speaking, the poor and needy - are no longer able to enter the house of Europe through the front door, they'll keep making their way in through the back windows.

There will be no use of military forces in immigration. There will be no - repeat, no - mass deportations.

We need to bring control into movement of people coming into the U.K. from the E.U.

Schengen cannot survive without the most dramatic reform, and the external borders of Europe must be rapidly strengthened.

Aliens with legitimate claims to asylum can still receive it - they simply have to go to one of our ports of entry. Thanks to this decisive order from President Trump, we are continuing to provide a path to protection for those who truly need it, while stopping our generosity from being abused.

If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.

I ask our European partners for a truly European migration management. The burden of landings cannot weigh only on the countries of arrival.

If Macron thinks there is no immigration crisis in Italy, he should open his doors to the 9,000 migrants France agreed to welcome from Italy in accordance with signed European agreements.

President Trump is enforcing U.S. immigration law, and in doing so, protecting the well-being and in some cases the lives of U.S. citizens.

We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.

Immigration is a legitimate concern, but it's not a good reason to leave the E.U.

The world's poor have discovered that the E.U. (that's the country we live in, no point pretending there's anywhere called Britain any more) has absolutely no clue how to stop determined immigrants.

Stopping and returning illegal migrants to their countries of origin must become standard procedure.

If we are going to be compassionate, we have to have stricter border security and laws.