Originally published on 12 May, 2015
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Europe is appealing to the United Nations Security Council to support its plan to stop the flow of migrants into Europe by dismantling people-smuggling organizations and destroying their vessels. However, the EU says the vessels would not be destroyed by bombing.
European Union leaders have agreed to "identify, capture and destroy vessels before they are used by traffickers," but it is unclear how this will be carried out.
"No one is thinking of bombing. I'm talking about a naval operation," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. She said European foreign ministers would meet on May 18 to discuss and set details of the operation.
European members of the Security Council — Britain, France, Lithuania and Spain — are drafting a resolution to approve the European operation under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which allows the use of force, Reuters reported diplomats as saying.
Reuters reports, “The resolution would authorize the EU to intervene on the high seas, in Libyan territorial waters and coastal areas to seize vessels and the draft text is likely to be circulated to the 15-member council in the coming days, diplomats said.
“About 1,800 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean this year, the U.N. refugee agency said. Some 51,000 have entered Europe by sea, with 30,500 coming via Italy, fleeing war and poverty in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.”
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