EU sends boats to the English Channel to help tackle 'migration crisis'
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The ship of the Civil Guard 'Duque de Ahumada' is of shared management between Spain and the European Union, six months each
The European Border Guard Agency wants to work with French rescue ships in the English Channel. According to Frontex, this is not about intercepting migrants.
The European Union border agency will send boats to the Channel and to the North Sea to assist in the search and rescue operations of migrants, authorities said on Friday. The announcement takes place days after the leaders of France and the United Kingdom meet and discuss the migration issue. Frontex will send two Spanish boats between September and October and then one from Lithuania until January, to join the French patrols, informed the auth…
The Spanish ship Duke de Ahumada was assigned to the Channel to assist the French authorities in the search for migrants who could try the "dangerous" crossing.
The crews of the European Agency will not participate in interception operations at sea, has ensured the maritime prefecture of the Channel and the North Sea.
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