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Italy: Difficult Mission

November 19, 2014

The European Union intends to track down refugees with a new Frontex mission. Several ships and helicopters are to patrol a 30-nautical-mile stretch of water off the coasts of Italy and Malta.

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Operation Triton replaces the Italian coast guard's Mare Nostrum search and rescue mission on the Mediterranean Sea. Its scope is smaller, and its budget of 3 million euros a month is relatively modest. Human rights activists are already criticizing the operation, saying Triton will be used more to protect the EU's external borders than to rescue refugees in distress.