Labour MEPs call for effective solidarity mechanisms as EU Presidency vows to seal migration pact Malta cannot be a migrant rescue centre – Agius Saliba 19 May 2021, 4:46pm by David Lindsay With the Portuguese Presidency of the European Council vowing to “fight until the last minute of its term of office” for an agreement on the Pact on Migration and Asylum tabled by the European Commission, Maltese MEP Josianne Cutajar has stressed that there cannot be “an effective immigration system without an effective solidarity system – a real one that is obligatory on a European level ands which increases the responsibility of member states”.