The British Royal Navy's
Bulwark helicopter carrier will reach the southern Mediterranean
within a week, British government sources said Friday.
The ship will conduct "search and rescue" operations in
collaboration with EU border agency Frontex and Italian
authorities, but independently of the EU's Triton border patrol
and rescue mission, they said.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday the UK
will help rescue people but won't allow migrants on its soil.
"We offer...the Bulwark, three helicopters and two patrol
boats, on condition those saved be taken to the nearest safe
country - probably Italy - and that they won't request asylum in
the UK," he said before an emergency EU summit on migration.
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