Immigration: Alfano, Triton puts an end to Mare Nostrum – ANSA.it

Immigration: Alfano, Triton puts an end to Mare Nostrum – ANSA.it

(ANSA) – LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 9 – With “Operation Triton brings to an end the Mare Nostrum. It will take the place. There will be two lines of defense of our borders.” The words of the Interior Minister Angelino Alfano sound clear in the briefing room at the end of the council of EU ministers that has just presided.

The endorsement of the 28 that the new operation will be led by Frontex, which was already given a membership large group of Member States, and launched on November 1, poses a tombstone on the conduct of Italy, in solitude, in October, 2013, after the tragedy of Lampedusa, and served to save tens of thousands of lives and stop more than 300 traffickers and smugglers.

“It was an operation at the time, was born as an emergency measure.

We had always said he would end when Europe had done their part. Today we would like to say that Europe is doing its part, “says Alfano.

But the minister assures: for the actions of search and rescue Italy will not pull back, as required by the” law international navigation. ” Why to save those in distress at sea is “a universal principle,” a “duty incumbent upon every country.” As well as “each EU country is called upon to protect their borders.”

To reiterate the concept and dispel any doubt about the fate of Mare Nostrum, the minister reads a few lines of the conclusions of the meeting: “While starts Triton operation will be ensured full coordination with the emergency measures taken by Italy with a view to their rapid elimination. ” Triton, however, is just one of the pieces that make up the new European approach to the management of migratory flows – “success of the Italian Presidency,” as he called the head of the Interior Ministry – which is based on three columns, starting from agreements with third countries (today there was an important signing for the collaboration with the Jordan), and refers to the full observance of the Dublin Regulation.

to countries such as Germany and Switzerland who complain about the missing records migrants arriving in Italy, Alfano says: “Migrants often refused individually or in groups. But the Italian police have further tightened the bolts of the organization to respond even more effectively on the subject of the photo-signaling and fingerprint Digital “, pointing out that in recent months has been” achieved a remarkable improvement. “

Meanwhile, the European police forces, coordinated by Italian, are preparing to close on the phenomenon of irregular migration, with the operation” Mos maiorum, “two weeks of targeted checks at crossing points ‘hot’ of external borders and along the inland routes, to monitor the so-called ‘secondary movement’ within the Schengen area, 13 to 26 October. But four MEPs Pd, Costa, Kyenge, Schlein and Toia, are ready to do battle and ask the European Council to receive information on the procedures of the operation. (ANSA)