UN General Assembly
2021

Let us ensure that opportunities seek out our citizens and not have our citizens migrate in search of opportunities. It is better for us to be connected through free trade than through forced migration, caused by practices that isolate us, lock us in and only limit the number of spaces for shared prosperity. Sooner or later, our citizens will seek their economic freedom. Human beings will seek opportunities. We believe that we must facilitate that natural impulse; not obstruct it. The only result of blocking it is precisely the tragedies we now witness. I believe that what I am saying is just common sense. But let us ask ourselves, why do we not do it? What are we waiting for to advocate global integration policy?