No one has left or thought of leaving the Mediterranean. And if Libya stabilizes and gets back to normal even with its own Search and rescue area, this is a positive sign for everyone, starting with those who love migrants ”. This was stated in an interview with Messaggero Mario Morcone, head of the cabinet and former director of the Civil Liberties and Immigration Department of the Interior Ministry. “We have not asked Europe to strengthen international missions, and we do not want to prevent or limit humanitarian aid. There is a climate built against us, I don't know by whom and for what purposes ”, he says. The impression, he adds, is that "we want to alter reality with respect to what really happens, also because, at sea the volunteers are still there as the ships of Moas, Sos Mediterrane'e and Proactiva Open Arms have taken their place again. ". As for Libya, “it is normal for the pacification of the country to include the existence of a Libyan MRCC who coordinates relief efforts in its SAR area and is authorized to contact Italy and Malta to decide how to manage rescues at sea. For us it is a fundamental element, a point of fall on which the whole system is based, that reception places in Libya be created as soon as possible under the control of the UN ”, underlines Morcone. For Italy "the next operational deadline is the appointment that Minister Minniti has set with the crisis table in which representatives of Libya, Chad, Niger and Tunisia also participate", he explains, "in two weeks, The 28 August.