<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AQE.QER VERSION="2"><QUESTION QID="E-004053-17" AIDREF="AE-004053-17" LEG.VAL="WQ"><HEAD.Q><TI1><P.WQ>Question for written answer<NO.WQ QID="Q-E-004053-17">E-004053-17</NO.WQ></P.WQ><P.WQ>to the<DEST.WQ ORG="COM"> Commission</DEST.WQ></P.WQ></TI1><TI2><P.WQ>Rule 130</P.WQ><P.WQ><AUTHOR.WQ PERSID="28210">Marine Le Pen</AUTHOR.WQ><POL.GROUP GR="ENF">(ENF)</POL.GROUP></P.WQ></TI2><P.WQ><DATE.WQ DATE.DOC="20170619">(19 June 2017)</DATE.WQ></P.WQ></HEAD.Q><OBJ.Q OBJID="O-E-004053-17"><INT.OBJ.Q>Subject:</INT.OBJ.Q><TXT> People smugglers' boats seized in the Mediterranean</TXT></OBJ.Q><CONTENTS CTNID="QC-E-004053-17"><P>What procedure is followed when a boat transporting migrants is intercepted by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Mediterranean? Are such boats seized systematically? How many boats belonging to people smugglers were seized in 2014, 2015 and 2016?</P></CONTENTS></QUESTION></AQE.QER>