The report recalls that numerous Member States have carried out regularisations or said they will do so, and that these decisions are, in the present state of law, a matter for the discretion of the Member States "but quite often a signal of lack of appropriate measures in place".
Deputāti uzskata, ka dienvidu dalībvalstīm, it īpaši tādām mazākām dalībvalstīm kā Maltai un Kiprai, pašlaik ir neproporcionāli liels slogs, glābjot un uzņemot imigrantus no Āfrikas.