Mr President, over these past few years, thousands of people – men, women and children – have passed through my home town of Calais, or through the notorious Sangatte camp, having been persuaded that they will find their El Dorado in the United Kingdom: Kosovars, Afghans, Iraqis, Sudanese, Kurds – people in search of freedom and security, simple citizens of the world, driven by misery to take to the road, wishing only, like every one of us, for a bit of happiness.
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