Naval crew return home after Med mission

For the first time, a naval Service ship has returned from the Mediterranean Sea without rescuing any migrants, as its mission has changed to harrying people-smugglers who knowingly send them out to certain death in flimsy ‘coffin ships’.

Naval crew return home after Med mission

By Sean O’Riordan, Defence Correspondent

For the first time, a naval Service ship has returned from the Mediterranean Sea without rescuing any migrants, as its mission has changed to harrying people-smugglers who knowingly send them out to certain death in flimsy ‘coffin ships’.

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