(20.5.2016) The EU and NATO agreed to use all possible means to contribute to the safety of all people that cross the Mediterranean and dismantle people-trafficking networks, as they did at the Aegean Sea,the head of the European diplomacy added.

Sofia began in international waters in October, 2015. It currently has the Spanish frigate Numancia, a British ship and two German ships, three reconnaissance aircraft and maritime patrol by Spain,Portugal, Luxembourg and a French F50.