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00:58 Frontex, of course, is first of all the European Border and Coast
01:00 Guard Agency, meaning that we are there
01:02 to support the member states in protecting
01:04 European borders, external borders.
01:06 And whilst doing that, of course,
01:07 we have a close eye on what's happening,
01:10 and specifically on the maritime routes, specifically
01:12 Central Mediterranean.
01:14 And then if we see anything-- and last year,
01:16 we had 2,000 sightings, of which 400 we relayed a Mayday call.
01:20 So we are very focused on what we see
01:23 and to inform the agency's task with search and rescue.
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01:31 Only if we know what happened, really
01:50 know what happened in terms of procedure and court proceedings,
01:53 we can react.
01:54 That doesn't mean that we stop communicating.
01:56 We are in a constant dialogue with member states
01:58 that have such serious incident reports
02:00 to make them aware of them, but also to pressure them,
02:03 to make them sure that they respond as soon as possible.
02:06 But we are depending on them.
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