Her intense dissatisfaction with the complaint that a boat was attempting to rescue immigrants in the Mediterranean was fire from her coastguard, marking what happened as “alarming development”.
However, he added that “the facts must first be identified. Then we will evaluate possible measures. “
“It must be examined what happened and the facts be found. That’s exactly what we do now. And on this basis we will decide what our reaction will be. It is obviously a worrying development that does not leave us indifferent, “said Marcus Lamine, a European Press Officer of the European Commission on Home Affairs and Migration to a question he received on the complaint of the NGO” SOS Méditerranée “.
“The facts must first be identified. Then we will evaluate possible measures. We are in contact with the relevant Libyan authorities to clarify the events. “
The Commission’s spokesman at the established press conference was asked extensively about the incident, referring to the way in which search and rescue operations operate, saying that “they must operate with the necessary custody and with full respect for international law and international law. This is not in question. We are not at the moment able to comment further, as we must first find the facts about this incident. “