Brussels, 02/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 2 October, outgoing European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström commemorated the anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy in which 366 died off the coast of Sicily on 3 October 2013. She urged the member states to multiply the legal routes for arrival in the EU, deploring that one year after the tragedy the solidarity between member states is simply “non-existent” when it comes to welcoming refugees. Malmström believed that this is “one of the biggest challenges for the future”. On Tuesday 30 September, Greece's commissioner-designate Dimitris Avramopoulos committed, at his hearing before MEPs, to increasing the legal routes for entry - for both economic and humanitarian reasons. Besides continuing the re-insertion programmes, Avramopoulos spoke in favour of humanitarian visas issued by EU member state representations in third countries. He also committed to fighting the networks of human traffickers and smugglers - which were criticised by Malmström this Thursday. European Parliament President Martin Schulz is in Italy on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October to mark the anniversary of this tragedy. (SP)