TY - JOUR
T1 - Nightmare Nostrum? Not Quite
T2 - Lessons from the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
AU - Patalano, Alessio
PY - 2015/5/4
Y1 - 2015/5/4
N2 - The very human consequences of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea have dominated recent headlines, as the number attempting the treacherous crossing from Africa to Europe has significantly increased in tandem with the minor improvement in conditions at sea. The question of how to tackle this problem has also featured prominently on the EU agenda, given that its current border-patrol mission, Operation Triton, was not designed to respond to the humanitarian challenges posed by the phenomenon. In this article, Alessio Patalano considers the lessons that can be drawn from Triton's predecessor, Operation Mare Nostrum, a year-long effort led by the Italian navy to rescue migrants, which came to an end in October 2014.
AB - The very human consequences of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea have dominated recent headlines, as the number attempting the treacherous crossing from Africa to Europe has significantly increased in tandem with the minor improvement in conditions at sea. The question of how to tackle this problem has also featured prominently on the EU agenda, given that its current border-patrol mission, Operation Triton, was not designed to respond to the humanitarian challenges posed by the phenomenon. In this article, Alessio Patalano considers the lessons that can be drawn from Triton's predecessor, Operation Mare Nostrum, a year-long effort led by the Italian navy to rescue migrants, which came to an end in October 2014.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84934782865&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2015.1061253
DO - 10.1080/03071847.2015.1061253
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934782865
SN - 0307-1847
VL - 160
SP - 14
EP - 19
JO - RUSI Journal
JF - RUSI Journal
IS - 3
ER -
