{"id":66540,"date":"2016-02-11T10:10:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=66540"},"modified":"2016-02-11T10:10:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:10:57","slug":"nato-warships-ordered-to-aegean-sea-to-assist-with-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/nato-warships-ordered-to-aegean-sea-to-assist-with-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Warships Ordered To Aegean Sea To Assist With Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NATO warships have been send to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to help Greece and Turkey combat networks that smuggle migrants into Europe.<\/p>\n
Three vessels have been ordered to move to the Aegean Sea to conduct surveillance.<\/p>\n
Officials have said that the decision is an attempt to help Europe tackle the worst migration crisis in decades.<\/p>\n
General Philip Breedlove said:\u00a0‘This is about helping Greece, Turkey and the European Union with stemming the flow of migrants and coping with a very demanding situation,’<\/p>\n
‘There is now a criminal syndicate that is assist\u00a0these people and this is an organised smuggling operation,’ U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Targeting that is the way that the greatest effect can be had … That is the principal intent of this,’ Carter said.<\/p>\n \n