EU strengthens ship grouping to intercept illegal immigrants
The European authorities have decided to strengthen the ship group, which is engaged in countering illegal migration in the Mediterranean Sea. blog Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies with a link to the Defense News web portal. Already from October 7, up to ten ships will be engaged in patrolling.
The group will be replenished, including the F 239 Richmond type 23 frigate of the British Navy, equipped with a Lynx helicopter and drone ScanEagle, which will carry a Marine unit, the British survey vessel H 88 Enterprise, the German frigate F 216 Schleswig-Holstein, and the Italian light aircraft carrier Cavour.
The decision to start patrolling came after the April incident with a migrant ship, which killed 800 people.
“During the summer, information was collected on the ways and methods of transporting migrants by smugglers, who during 2015 managed to smuggle 121725 immigrants from Libya and, to a lesser extent, from Egypt to Italy alone. During the year, four ships that took part in EUNAVFOR MED, during 11 operations, rescued 2186 migrants who tried to get to the EU by sea, ”the report says.
The group will be replenished, including the F 239 Richmond type 23 frigate of the British Navy, equipped with a Lynx helicopter and drone ScanEagle, which will carry a Marine unit, the British survey vessel H 88 Enterprise, the German frigate F 216 Schleswig-Holstein, and the Italian light aircraft carrier Cavour.
The decision to start patrolling came after the April incident with a migrant ship, which killed 800 people.
“During the summer, information was collected on the ways and methods of transporting migrants by smugglers, who during 2015 managed to smuggle 121725 immigrants from Libya and, to a lesser extent, from Egypt to Italy alone. During the year, four ships that took part in EUNAVFOR MED, during 11 operations, rescued 2186 migrants who tried to get to the EU by sea, ”the report says.
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