Operation Sophia or EUNAVFOR Med was the second naval operation of the European Union. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Operation Atalanta and Operation Sophia both seemed to be launched initially because of humanitarian issues - Operation Atalanta's goal was to protect humanitarian aid on its way to Somalia, and Operation Sophia was launched after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy sank off the Italian island of
Lampedusa in 2013, when more than 360 persons died.