by Jessica Reed at the National UK ECC event
The last deliberation just finished here in York, and this is the final statement for today, with a focus on immigration and the importance of EU's role worldwide:
We want a Europe that...
... promotes and assists socially responsible economic growth in all member states and globally, therefore preventing a 'brain drain'. An EU that encourages economic migration, based on the needs and resources of each member state. A Europe that is sympathetic to the needs of genuine asylum seekers, and suppports initiatives to promote integration with the host community. European aid and development programmes should be delivered independently, and effectively solely based on a humanitarian agenda. A Europe that has a strong voice in global foreign policy, with an emphasis on peaceful and democratic solutions to problems, and which is at the forefront of addressing world poverty and promoting self-sufficiency. Promotes an EU wide police force and provides greater security to external borders to erradicate exploitation by people traffickers and illegal gang-masters.
And on that note, I shall see you in the blogopshere tomorrow for for deliberative stories.
