BRUSSELS – EU nations approved plans on Monday for
an unprecedented naval mission starting next month to fight human
traffickers responsible for a flood of migrants crossing the
Mediterranean from Libya.
The scheme backed by foreign and defense ministers in Brussels will
involve European warships and surveillance aircraft 
gathering
intelligence and then raiding boats to crack down on people smugglers.
But the EU is still waiting for a UN resolution that will allow it to destroy boats that belong to people smugglers in Libyan waters, where political turmoil has created safe harbour for traffickers.
“Decision just taken to establish the EU naval operation to disrupt the business model of smugglers and traffickers networks,” EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said on Twitter after a meeting of the bloc’s foreign and defence ministers.
The military operation is part of a bigger EU blueprint launched after the Mediterranean experienced its deadliest ever migrant shipwreck in April, which took the death toll this year to 1,800 people alone.
gathering
intelligence and then raiding boats to crack down on people smugglers.But the EU is still waiting for a UN resolution that will allow it to destroy boats that belong to people smugglers in Libyan waters, where political turmoil has created safe harbour for traffickers.
“Decision just taken to establish the EU naval operation to disrupt the business model of smugglers and traffickers networks,” EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said on Twitter after a meeting of the bloc’s foreign and defence ministers.
The military operation is part of a bigger EU blueprint launched after the Mediterranean experienced its deadliest ever migrant shipwreck in April, which took the death toll this year to 1,800 people alone.
More than 5,000 people have died in the past 18 months while trying
to make the dangerous crossing in flimsy dinghies and fishing boats.
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