Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Operation Sophia ko EUNAVFOR Med shine aikin jirgin ruwa na biyu na Tarayyar Turai. An kaddamar da shi a shekarar 2015 a matsayin martani ga rikicin 'yan gudun hijirar tare da manufar kawar da hanyoyin da aka yi wa' yan gudun hijirar a cikin Bahar Rum. An kammala aikin ne a ranar 31 ga Maris, 2020 amma an yi nasara a wannan rana ta Operation Irini, wanda wani aikin soja ne a karkashin Dokar Tsaro da Tsaro ta EU wanda ke aiki a cikin ruwa iri ɗaya da Operation Sophia amma yana da wata manufa daban da ta shafi takunkumin makamai kan Libya maimakon safarar bakin haure a cikin Bahar Rum. Operation Atalanta da Operation Sophia da alama an kaddamar da su ne saboda batutuwan jin kai - Manufar Operation Atalanta ita ce kare agajin jin kai a kan hanyar zuwa Somalia, kuma an kaddamar da Operation Sophia bayan da jirgin ruwa ya dauke da bakin haure daga Libya zuwa Italiya ya nutse a tsibirin Lampedusa na Italiya.
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