Indtil videre har de italienske myndigheder fastholdt, at alle foranstaltninger, der blev truffet over for dem, der ankom til øen Lampedusa i strid med loven, ikke var i strid med internationale forpligtelser.
To date the Italian authorities maintain that all measures taken in respect of those that arrived irregularly on the island of Lampedusa were not in breach of international obligations.