Frans Timmermans Quotes

Immigration is a sensitive topic.

I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.

I'm not anti-immigration.

If people can just pour into the country illegally, you don't have a country.

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

The Libertarian position on immigration is to have, not open borders with no restrictions, but to have controlled borders that allow hard-working people to come into America to help raise their standard of living and improve the American economy.

Whatever their motivations, lawmakers on both side of the aisle have certainly discovered that immigration is one of those issues that resonate strongly with the public.

We could have free immigration if we did not have a welfare state. In principle I would like to see free immigration.

There is not going to be a border. There will be a free movement of people just like the free movement of goods.

The reason we have to close the back door of illegal immigration is so that we may keep open the front door of legal immigration.

There should not be any immigration policy. We should welcome anyone who wants to come here.

UKIP believe that immigration can be an extremely positive thing. But it has to be controlled.

If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits.

You won't hear the leadership in the Republican Party admit it, but there are many in the House and Senate who know that illegal immigration has to be stopped and legal immigration has to be reduced. We are giving away the country so a few very rich people can get richer.

The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides.

Whatever threats Remain may continue to fire at us, they cannot answer the simple and most basic proposition: that only by leaving the European Union can we control the numbers coming to our country.

Brexit doesn't guarantee that migration will come down.

You have one party that's in favor of open borders, and you have one party that wants to secure the border. And all day long, the American people are going to side with the party that wants to secure the border.

The fact is, as we leave the EU, Britain will be able to choose its own immigration system rather than having free movement with one part of the world and a managed system with elsewhere.

The government rightly resisted pressure to accept Free Movement of people from E.U. countries, to allow us to regain control over our immigration policy.

Arizona really has been a trailblazer in discouraging illegal immigration.

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

When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.

I'm against illegal migrants. Too many of them are dangerous for Italy and Europe.

What we do know, despite the lack of media curiosity, is that Hillary Clinton promises a radical amnesty combined with a radical reduction in immigration enforcement.