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Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Britain to scrap Royal Navy rescue operations as Mediterranean migrant crisis escalates

As EU ministers discuss the world’s most serious refugee crisis since World War II, the British government is set to withdraw its Royal Navy flagship from its role in rescuing thousands of migrants desperately trying to cross the Mediterranean.

HMS Bulwark is due to be withdrawn from European search and rescue operations by early July.

Experts say the number of migrants travelling across the Mediterranean in small boats from troubled North African and Middle Eastern states currently stands at a summer high. See more http://rt.com


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