tens of thousands of refugees have been rescued in recent years by the EU Mission Sophia in the Mediterranean sea. Now, the marine operation is to be completed according to news agencies – Italy has lodged a Veto.
The EU wants to end the refugee crisis began naval operation off the Libyan coast for the time being. Because the member States could not agree on a new System for the distribution of rescued at sea migrants, are to be observed in the activities of Smuggling networks until Further notice, only from the air.
The training of Libyan coast guards to continue. The news agencies dpa and Reuters reported.
The agreement was reached, according to dpa after hours of negotiations in the Political and Security Committee. You will apply for six months and can be stopped, therefore, only until noon on Wednesday due to an objection from the main cities.
EU Operation “Sophia”: German marine soldiers, in the year 2016 in the Mediterranean sea
Veto Italy
A further extension of the use of ships foundered on the Veto of Italy. The government in Rome has been calling for months, a Change in the rules of engagement, which provide that, at the time of surgery, in distress at sea rescued migrants exclusively to Italy. Countries such as Hungary or Poland refuse, however, to a fixed redistribution mechanism to agree.
the dispute has been Exacerbated recently by the German announcement, for the time being no ship for use in front of the Libyan coast. Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, on the ground that the Italian Command, had not sent the German Navy in the past few months, in the vicinity of refugee routes – obviously to exclude the possibility that migrants will be saved, which would then be brought to Italy.
number of migrants dropped
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called on the EU countries several times in recent months as a matter of urgency to find a solution to the dispute. She pointed out that the number of illegally arriving in Europe migrants decreased in the course of the Operation, Sophia is more than 80 percent – including the training of the Libyan coast guard.
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