Peter Hitchens Quotes

The Trump administration recognizes that most refugees and immigrants are good people, but practical and temporary measures must be taken to keep this nation safe from the few bad individuals who seek to harm us.

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.

We cannot allow the indiscriminate entry of all those who come here only because they wanted to come.

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

If anyone in the E.U. thinks Italy should keep being a landing point and refugee camp, they have misunderstood.

We cannot continue to allow immigrants to come here illegally. And in this age of terrorism, we must not let in refugees whose intentions cannot be determined.

Immigration is a sensitive topic.

The U. S.'s moral responsibility to accept immigrants is not unlimited.

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

Immigration problems have been solved nowhere in the world.

It's great that Trump has engendered a heated debate over illegal immigration and our open borders.

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

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.

The influx of migrants must be stopped.

Refugee policy is only one part of immigration law needing a drastic overhaul.

I got to tell you, when I wrote 'Adios America,' I thought there was a 10 percent chance of saving the country.

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.

We will look at the entire immigration question from the protection of outer borders through the asylum procedures to integration, in particular its efficacy.

I think people are justifiably fed up of hearing migration talked about at the E.U. level but not seeing anything happen in practice.

The U.K. will leave the European Union, freedom of movement will end, and the British parliament will decide how many people come to live here.

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.

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.

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

Since President Trump has assumed office, I have learned a great deal about the problems on our borders.

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