This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 18 May 2015.
The operation will involve maritime and aerial surveillance by the deployment of warships and aircraft off the coast of Libya which, at present, is the source of the problem.
As indicated by EU foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini, the decision that has been taken in Brussels is expected to disrupt the business model of the network of smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean. Some statistics on the subject would reveal the magnitude of the problem – in the current year, some 51,000 migrants have entered Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea and nearly 30,500 have entered through Italy. Moreover, about 1,800 have lost their lives in this attempt, they have met a watery grave.
The mission is proposed to be called EU Navfor Med and it will be based in Rome. The tentative plan is to collect intelligence on the traffickers by the use of radar, satellite pictures and reconnaissance flights and raiding unflagged boats.
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