A more rational system

The Maltese Prime Minister met with Tony Blair yesteday in 10 Downing Street. Answering a question about illegal immigration during the press conference, Blair had this to say:

Well we did have a conversation about this, and as the Prime Minister made clear, this is a major issue for Malta, and indeed for other countries in the European Union. It is quite useful probably for my own media and public here to hear it is a major problem in Malta, it is a problem all over the European Union, indeed I would go further and say all over the world at the moment. And what is happening is that as part of globalisation you are getting these vast numbers of both economic migrants and genuine refugees who perfectly naturally want to search for a better life, but that then ends up as a major problem for the host country that takes them in. And so what we were discussing is how we get a more rational system in place so that you know countries aren't expected to do more than they can...

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