EU To Launch Military Operations Against The Refugee Smugglers In Libya

The Guardian: EU to launch military operations against migrant-smugglers in Libya

Emergency meeting in Luxembourg also results in decision to boost maritime patrols in Mediterranean and broaden search-and-rescue mandate

The European Union is to launch military operations against the networks of smugglers in Libya deemed culpable of sending thousands of people to their deaths in the Mediterranean.

An emergency meeting of EU interior and foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday, held in response to the reported deaths of several hundred migrants in a packed fishing trawler off the Libyan coast at the weekend, also decided to bolster maritime patrols in the Mediterranean and give their modest naval mission a broader search-and-rescue mandate for saving lives.

WNU Editor: It is too late for that now. The entire Mediterranean region is in turmoil right now .... arresting a smuggler kingpin here or there is not going to make a difference to the millions who now want to flee their troubled countries and who believe that a better life exists for them in northern Europe. Also .... as the above video warns .... an increased military presence will probably be exploited by people smugglers to pack their boats with even more people in the hope that these European naval vessels will rescue them.