Instead of enforcing international law: the EU Mediterranean mission IRINI will in future only serve to deter migration

A Libyan Coast Guard patrol boat in August 2025 - All rights reserved: Max Cavallari / SOS MEDITERRANEEGreece and France are letting the UN mandate of the Mediterranean mission IRINI against arms deliveries expire. Instead, the EU is now also supporting breakaway eastern Libya with surveillance technology and the training of Libyan personnel who are then supposed to intercept refugee boats.