EU naval mission has failed to end people smuggling - peers
An EU naval mission has failed to achieve its main objective of disrupting people smuggling, a Lords committee report has concluded.
Operation Sophia, which the UK supports, appears to have done little to deter migration and its mandate should not be renewed, peers said.
However, they said search and rescue work in the Mediterranean had saved many lives and should continue.
The government said UK ships had led to "fewer children drowning".
Operation Sophia, an initiative undertaken by 25 EU member states, including the UK, was launched in 2015 in the wake of disasters in which hundreds of migrants drowned attempting to reach Europe.
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