EU Naval Force – Mediterranean (Operation Sophia) inquiry

Inquiry by the EU External Affairs Sub-Committee, 5 February 2016 to 5 February 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 14th Report - Operation Sophia, the EU's naval mission in the Mediterranean: an impossible challenge (13 May 2016)

Evidence sessions

• 25 February 2016: Mr Steve Symonds, Refugee and Migrant Rights Programme Director, Amnesty International UK, and Dr Natalie Roberts, Adviser on Refugees and Migration in Europe, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
• 3 March 2016: Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe, Director General, European Union Military Staff
• 10 March 2016: Mr Peter Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, Sea Power and Maritime Studies, Royal United Services Institute, and Mr Patrick Kingsley, Migration Correspondent, Guardian Media Group
• 17 March 2016: Mr Richard Lindsay, Head of Security Policy Department, Defence and International Security Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office