Brussels, 14/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - According to a press release, on Monday 14 September the Council of the EU made its assessment that the conditions had been met for moving on from phase 1 of the EUNAVFOR Med operation to phase 2 at sea. Phase 2 of the operation involves the boarding, search, seizure and diversion of boats at sea if they are flagless or if the country of which they are flying the flag gives its agreement.
The Council stated that the naval operation had “fulfilled all...