Against the EU Returns Directive

The Portuguese daily describes the new EU directive on the deportation of illegal immigrants, the so-called EU Returns Directive, as a draconian measure: "A directive that allows the detention of minors is not compatible with the EU concept. This directive should be rejected by all those who live and work in Portugal. As a country of emigrants - five million of our fellow countrymen are scattered all over the world - it is our duty to fight against such draconian measures. ... The new blood from the East, Africa and Brazil has strengthened our economy. ... In a country where at least five percent of the population was born in another country, ... we must say 'no' to this shameless directive and to all attempts to lay the blame for Europe's crisis on immigrants."

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