Libya Herald | 16.02.2017
By Alessandra Bocchi
The first batch of Libyan coastguards being trained aboard the Italian naval vessel San Giorgio have now finished their five-month course, according to Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. He disclosed the news to a parliamentary committee in Rome. The training has been part of the EU’s naval Operation Sophia designed to stop illegal migration in the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.
Some 78 Libyan coastguard cadets began training last October, aboard both the San Giorgio and the Dutch vessel Rotterdam.