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06 November 2019Luciana Lamorgese defends the understanding with Libya on migration flows but confirms the request for changes. When the Memorandum of Understanding with Libya was signed in 2017 "migration flows were worrisome, today they have fallen but a drop in attention on migration dynamics and humanitarian risks is unjustifiable. In comparison with 2017, flows have been contracted from Libya and there was a sharp reduction in the number of victims at sea, the Memorandum contributed to these results, but it is also important to avoid the isolation of the Libyan authorities, "the Interior Minister said in his statement to the House.

Libya available to review Memorandum
"The Libyan counterpart welcomed the Italian proposal and declared its willingness to review the text" of the Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding on the management of illegal migration flows, added Luciana Lamorgese. "On November 1, the Italian Embassy in Tripoli proposed the convening of a meeting of the Joint Italy-Libya Commission to agree on an update of the Memorandum through changes to improve its effectiveness and the proposal was accepted by Libya which announced its availability to review the text ", he specified.

The goal is for the UN to manage migrant centers in Libya
Among the changes that Italy will request from the Memorandum there is "the improvement of the detention centers with the aim of gradually closing them to reach centers managed by UN agencies", said the owner of the Interior Ministry.