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(by Chiara De Felice) (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 30 - Italy and the other European countries, continually under pressure from the flow of migrants from the southern shores of the Mediterranean, have been given support from the rest of the EU, which today committed to divide the burden and responsibility for a phenomena that does not seem to be slowing down. Italy is "fully satisfied", said Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, given that all of its most important proposals have been accepted. After Premier Silvio Berlusconi and French president Nicolas Sarkozy, in a joint letter, asked for "concrete solidarity" from their European partners, the Council answered in the affirmative and underlined its conclusions that "the need for tangible and efficient solidarity with the member states that suffer particular migrant pressure". Included in the actions solicited by Rome and Paris, all approved by the Council, is the strengthening of Frontex, the European agency for coastal patrols. The EU asks the commission to study the possibility of "regular rental, financed by Frontex, of joint repatriations flights for illegal migrants. Additionally, to "strengthen Frontex's operational capacity" the 27 member states ask for a drawing up of clear common operating procedures with rules of engagement for joint operation at sea in order to protect those in need of such and for "operating cooperation between Frontex and the countries of origin and transit" must increase. A green light was also given to the Italian proposal to create a European asylum agency that will be active by the end of December. The last point is the strengthening of dialogue with Libya on migration management and an answer to illegal immigration. The EU calls for an agreement that also covers the aspects of "cooperation at sea, border control, and readmission". Italy is "fully satisfied" by the decisions on immigration adopted today by the Council. "We obtained the acceptance of the most important proposals" recently put forward by Berlusconi and Sarkozy", said Foreign Minister Franco Frattini during the press conference that closed the Brussels meeting. (ANSAmed).