European Parliament
President.
Question No 5 by Manuel Medina Ortega 
Subject: Need for an integrated immigration policy
In the light of the recent agreement on the EU's external border controls in the maritime areas near the Canary Islands, and given the requirements of the European area of freedom, security and justice, does the Council not believe that the time has come to establish an integrated immigration policy for the Union as a whole, which can both ensure stable labour markets within EU territory and channel the considerable migratory pressures being exercised on our external borders?

