Operation SOPHIA: package 2 of the Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy training launched today

On 30 January 2017 the second package of the training conducted by EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia for the Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy started in a maritime training centre in Crete (Greece).

During this traning, twenty Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy trainees would receive training in areas including maritime legal aspects, Human Rights and raising gender awareness, as well as Search and Rescue operations. Package 2 is the next step from the application of basic seamanship delivered in Package 1.

The EU Naval Operation is the military contribution to the EU's comprehensive approach that aims at disrupting the business model of human smugglers and traffickers in the Southern Central Mediterranean. Thus far, following EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia’s activities, 101 suspected smugglers and traffickers have been apprehended and transferred to the Italian authorities and 380 boats were removed from the criminal organizations' availability. The Operation has also saved 32.081 migrants, among whom 1888 children.

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EU: EEAS: EU-Libya relations http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-libya-relations/

ESO: Background information: Managing migration along the Central Mediterranean Route – Commission contributes to Malta discussion http://www.europeansources.info/record/managing-migration-along-the-central-mediterranean-route-commission-contributes-to-malta-discussion/

ESO: Background information: HR/VP Federica Mogherini meets UN Special Representative for Libya Martin Kobler http://www.europeansources.info/record/hr-vp-federica-mogherini-meets-un-special-representative-for-libya-martin-kobler/

ESO: Background information: Federica Mogherini speaks with the Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj http://www.europeansources.info/record/federica-mogherini-speaks-with-the-libyan-prime-minister-fayez-al-sarraj/

ESO: Key Source: EUNAVFOR MED operation SOPHIA http://www.europeansources.info/record/eunavfor-med-operation-sophia/

ESO: Background information: EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia signs agreement to train Libyan Coast Guard and Navy http://www.europeansources.info/record/eunavfor-med-operation-sophia-signs-agreement-to-train-libyan-coast-guard-and-navy/

ESO: Background information: EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia starts training of Libyan Navy Coast Guard and Libyan Navy http://www.europeansources.info/record/eunavfor-med-operation-sophia-starts-training-of-libyan-navy-coast-guard-and-libyan-navy/

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