Who was there for you?

MEP Simon Busuttil intervenes about Roberto Maroni's attempt to shift Italy's legal responsibilities onto Malta as "shameful" and dismissed them as political gimmicks intended to play the populist card just a few weeks before the European Parliament elections.

Dr Busuttil was speaking in the European Parliament plenary where he presented his report on a Common Immigration Policy.

He said that the Pinar E case showed more than ever that a common European approach on immigration was necessary and that in the absence of a common approach, countries ended up trying to shed their responsibilities and pointing fingers at each other without getting any closer to a true solution.