Statement: Commissioner Cecilia Malmström commemorates the Lampedusa tragedy

European Commissioner Cecilia Malmström made a statement commemorating the 2013 Lampedusa tragedy on the 2 October 2014.

The Commission has proposed ways to better address migratory and asylum flows, and prevent migrants' death in the Mediterranean. For the 2014-2020 period at least €310 million from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in addition to €156 million from the Internal Security Fund (Borders) will be made available to Italy. With a total of €466 million, Italy will therefore continue to be one of the main beneficiaries of EU funding for actions in these fields between 2014 and 2020.

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ESO: Background information: Commission to help Italy cope with immigrants http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-commissioner-malmstrom-after-the-meeting-with-italian-interior-minister-alfano-commission-to-help-italy-cope-with-immigrants/

Deutsche Welle, 04.10.14: 'It's our sea; they are our dead' http://dw.de/p/1DPee

ESO: Background information: Memo: Commissioner Malmström's intervention on Lampedusa during the Home Affairs Council press conference http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-commissioner-malmstroms-intervention-on-lampedusa-during-the-home-affairs-council-press-conference/

ESO: Background information: Tragic accident outside Lampedusa: Statement by European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-tragic-accident-outside-lampedusa-statement-by-european-commissioner-for-home-affairs-cecilia-malmstrom/

European Commission: RAPID: Statement, STATEMENT/14/302: Statement by EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on operation Triton http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-302_en.htm

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/566: Frontex Joint Operation 'Triton' – Concerted efforts to manage migration in the Central Mediterranean http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-566_en.htm

Spiegel Online International, 09.10.14: 'Aren't We Human Beings?': One Year After the Lampedusa Refugee Tragedy http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/lampedusa-survivors-one-year-after-the-refugee-tragedy-a-994887.html

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