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Giusa Nicolini, the mayor of Lampedusa, says that they feel aban-
doned and that the government needs to step to a new mission in the
Mediterranean. Concerning the latest incidents, he says:

The people who froze to death after they were saved would still
be alive if they'd been taken onto Mare Nostrum ships, which were
always stationed well to the south of Lampedusa. ... If the aim
was to have more boats and fewer survivors, then they've achieved
it. 31

Karl Kopp from the Pro Asyl refugee organization says:

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