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"Mr President, first of all, with regard to Members' remarks on the new generation of the Schengen information system, I would reiterate that according to our initial planning, the Commission is fully on time in its effort to guarantee that the new generation system will enter into force by 2007. We hope that the new Member States will make maximum use of the Schengen facility to prepare themselves for the important moment when internal border controls are abolished.
My second remark is about the Lampedusa situation. We recognise that the Italian authorities are under enormous pressure, but we have been reassured by the Italian Government that all those who arrive at Lampedusa asking for asylum are treated in accordance with international conventions, in particular the Geneva Convention. Therefore, their requests for asylum have been analysed by the authorities in the field. I would emphasise that it is up to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to verify the situation there.
Thirdly, I should like to reiterate that the pilot project that the Commission and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intend to develop in Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya does not include anything about camps. There is confusion on this point: the aim of the project is to strengthen national asylum systems. It does have anything to do with camps.
I share the views of several Members of the House who have emphasised the need to guarantee that in the next financial perspectives there are sufficient financial tools to improve solidarity in the management of internal borders and in the management of migratory and asylum flows. I hope that we can count on the support of the House on the Commission's proposal on this matter.
Finally, I would like very much to thank several Members of the House for the very kind words that they addressed to me. I left this House as a Member of Parliament ten years ago, and I am now leaving as a Member of the Commission. Goodness knows in what capacity I might come back!"@en1
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