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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is a remote island lost in the middle of the Mediterranean by the name of Lampedusa. Back in 2008, this island made the headlines because 40 000 refugees landed there in that year. The problem was later resolved by an agreement – the so-called ‘friendship treaty’ – signed by the Italian and Libyan governments. Now we are facing the same situation again, but it is far more complicated this time, Mrs Malmström. Peace, stability and new governments in Tunisia as well as in Egypt are the driving forces behind a storm that is whipping up the Mediterranean. I am Sicilian and, unlike many Members who have spoken, I visited the former identification and expulsion centre. That centre was useful at the time but, once the friendship treaty was concluded, it no longer had any reason to exist. What can the Commission do, and what can Frontex do? Of course, we would all like to see the rapid intervention mission deployed in practice. We want Frontex to be a flexible, streamlined, well-structured agency with its own financial resources, and Mr Busuttil and I are reviewing its mandate in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. In addition, Mr Mauro has asked the Council to act immediately and include the issue on its agenda without further delay, since it is an absolute priority, given that immigrants have also started arriving from Egypt now. There is a real risk that the dignity and decorum of many refugees may suffer with the inevitable delays, although we are certain that Mrs Malmström will once again make sure her words are well received."@en1
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