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Irish relief for Operation Sophia

(B2) A New Irish Ship THE. James Joyce (P-62) joined last Friday (July 13), the European operation to combat trafficking in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR Med / Sophia). It replaces its compatriot, the Irish ship THE. Samuel Beckett who left the operation after 82 days of deployment and returned home.

THE. James Joyce (P-62) (credit: EUNAVFOR Med)

 

The patrol boat L.É. Samuel Beckett helped save 106 migrants of almost certain death as they attempted to make the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean “, indicates the HQ of the operation in Rome. He also collected intelligence on 95 merchant ships and conducted 5 friendly approaches (friendly approaches).

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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