NATO ships start observing

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NATO ships start observing

NATO wants to help, the continued Migration towards Western Europe is slowing. To do this, she sent a Marineverband in the Aegean sea, the combat against Schlepperbanden should support. Now he took the work on.

The Einsatzgruppenversorger”Bonn, Germany” the German Navy is participating in the Mission in the Aegean part of

Several ships, the military Alliance are to be the planned Anti-traffickers use of the sea area between Greece and Turkey arrived. The under German management standing Marineverband watch there already ship and Bootsbewegungen, said a Bündnissprecher at the request of the German press Agency in Brussels.

The information that the Schiffsverband about the Maritime transport in the field collects, should the authorities in Turkey and in Greece are forwarded. Above all, the Turkish coast guard could be put in the position, criminal smugglers of human beings more effectively pursue. These are for the uncontrolled influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees towards Europe, the responsible because they made every day, countless boat trips to Greece to organize.

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210 German soldiers in the use

The detailed planning should, at the latest until next Wednesday to be completed. If the ships already now the most important Schleuserrouten can observe, initially remained unclear. According to NATO figures, they are currently only in international waters on the way. Germany for the NATO Association is currently the lead ship. On the Einsatzgruppenversorger “Bonn”, according to a communication from the armed forces about 210 soldiers in the use.

Charged the use of the military Alliance to this day from a new dispute between the two NATO-member countries: Greece threw the Turkey, again its airspace does not hurt to have. As the Greek news Agency ANA reported, invaded on Monday, six Turkish fighter jets and a transport aircraft, a total of more than 20 Times in the Greek airspace. Two of the aircraft were therefore armed, twice rose Greek aircraft.

Continual conflict between Athens and Ankara

The territorial rights and the air space around the Greek Islands in the Eastern Aegean between Greece and Turkey for years controversial. In the dispute over an uninhabited Aegean island, it was in 1996, almost a war come. 2006 collision of two F-16 Jets to both countries, the Greek Pilot was killed.

After the NATO decision on the Anti-smuggler-a standing Marineverbands in the Aegean in Greece recently fears have been expressed that the Turkey refugee crisis to exploit, to their presence in the Aegean sea to expand.

kle/uh (dpa, afp)