He stressed that the directive dealt not with asylum but with immigration and he challenged some of the legislation's critics, since he saw it as a way to ensure that "slavery in the EU comes to an end".
Atbildot uz oponentu kritiku un vairāku sabiedrisku organizāciju aso nosodījumu, deputāts uzsvēra, ka direktīva attiecas uz imigrāciju, nevis patvērumu.