With the situation becoming ever more pressing along the Central Mediterranean Route, the Commission is today setting out a series of immediate measures that can be taken by the EU Member States, the Commission and EU Agencies, and Italy itself.

The said measures include:

• The Commission will further enhance the capacity of the Libyan authorities through a €46 million project prepared jointly with Italy
• Members States should mobilise their capabilities, alongside those of the European Border and Coast Guard, to support the return of irregular migrants from Italy;
• Italy should draft, in consultation with the Commission and on the basis of a dialogue with NGOs, a Code of Conduct for NGOs carrying out search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean

For more information, see the Commission action and fact sheet.