kim vanel reports. >> reporter: an emotional return to the port where they were brought ashore a year ago. the last time they were here they just survived one of these worst-ever shipwrecks. the memories of that night are inescapable. he arrived on the shore even with two daughters of his own bartolomeo knew what he was supposed to do. >> translator: they needed support and protection after what they had suffered. i worked with them for four months, they became truly, i repeat truly. >> reporter: returning to where the vessel went down. the sounds of waves pierced by the coast guard, when the crowded fishing vessel sank it was a kilometer and a half from the shores of lampedusa. more migrants than ever are dying at sea. >> translator: we want to remember them and we want to give a message to the european union. what's the plan to save these people? we can no lorch longer say thate know nothing. >> the eu will launch onew mission in the coming months, the mission will be to strengthen border patrol. many would like to see migrants escape poverty without taking to the water. >> libya, t