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September 23, 2019 At the Sant'Angelo Fort in Malta, the mini immigration summit of the interior ministers of France (Christophe Castanier), Germany (Horst Seehofer), Italy (Luciana Lamorgese) and Malta (Michael Farrugia), with the participation of the Commissioner European Dimitri Avramopoulos and Finnish Minister Maria Ohisalo representing the EU Council as holder of the European presidency. On the bastions overlooking the ancient fortress, seat of the summit, a large banner was raised with the words 'EU, get your ships together' (EU, put all your ships together).

Of 'good prospects', Lamorgese speaks, the Maltese Farrugia cautiously shows, while affirming that relations with Rome 'are improving'.

The Italian draft provides for the redistribution of all 'asylum seekers', a formula that would allow most of those who disembark, and not just those who already have refugee status, to sort in EU countries that agree to be part of the agreement. say no more than 10% of the total ---. "We hope the work will go well - said Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, upon her arrival at Forte Sant'Angelo - we have good prospects but we'll talk about it later".

"Today in Malta we will discuss for the first time, together with France and Germany and the EU Commission, the great novelty of the automatic redistribution mechanism of migrants, to prevent a negotiation from taking place", as has happened so far - he said the Minister of European Affairs Enzo Amendola at 'Start', on SkyTg24. "The main problem remains to change the Dublin regulation, but in Malta there will be an important first step: after 15 months of quarrel we will sit down at a table with the European partners". For Amendola, "solidarity" between European countries to share the burdens of landings with Italy and Malta "is the first step", but then new mechanisms will also be needed to tackle a structural phenomenon, such as the humanitarian corridors for asylum seekers proposed by the President of the Commission von der Leyen ", he added.

EU coordinates transfers for Ocean Viking
The European Commission coordinates the distribution of migrants saved by the Ocean Viking. The coordination request arrived in Brussels over the weekend. Five countries have offered to welcome migrants. We learn from a spokeswoman of the Community Executive.