it in the past half hour. is of the utmost importance 1 we it is of the utmost importance that we give the highest priority to manage this difficult situation. it is important with closer co operation between member states and together with our agencies. it is also important to work closely together with the uk. we have to prevent lives being lost. we have to prevent lives being lost. we have to prevent chaos, to our external borders. what we have been discussing today is very much the whole other route approach, the importance of reaching out to countries of origin and transit and this is very much my responsibility to do that, as a responsible commissioner, and that is what i am doing. but also the importance to have a comprehensive agreement on migration and asylum in the european union. i have presented a new pact on immigration and asylum that addresses this, to prevent irregular arrivals, to have a proper register