EU Launches Navy Operation Against Migrant-Traffickers

The European Union launched a naval operation Monday to try to stop human traffickers bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy boats

Migrants pray at the Franco-Italian border in Ventimiglia, Italy, Sunday, June 21, 2015. AP Photo/Thibault Camus

LUXEMBOURG—The European Union launched a naval operation Monday to try to stop human traffickers bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe in unseaworthy boats.

More than 100,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year, with some 2,000 dead or missing during their perilous quest to reach the continent. Dozens of boats are launched from lawless Libya each week, with Italy and Greece bearing the brunt of the surge.

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