Bernard Grech said on Sunday that while Malta needed to ensure the safety of lives at sea, in line with international law, this should not be to the detriment of the island's security. Fielding questions from designer Luke Azzopardi on the PN's broadcasting stations, the PN leader said "we need to safeguard lives and people's dignity and humanity, however, everything comes at a price - not just a monetary one. "The financial price is the one that worries me the least. What worries me is security. It's one thing taking on 10 people and another thing taking on 100,000... there are millions of people living in Africa so there is a possibility of thousands leaving their countries for Europe."