Jens Stoltenberg and NATO

refugee crisis: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the warships would begin their new task immediately, according to Globe and Mail. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone In PhotosNATO looks at more direct role in refugee crisis The effort comes as record levels of refugees, many of them fleeing the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, continue to make the sea trip from Turkey to Greece even in the frigid first six weeks of 2016. The mission was approved at the end of a NATO defence ministers’ summit in Brussels on Thursday, following a joint request from member states Germany, Greece and Turkey. Europe, which received more than a million newcomers in 2015, is now bracing for an even greater influx this year. What we’re providing is that higher-level reconnaissance and surveillance to make their jobs far more effective, which is being able to figure out the patterns, from the criminality side, Mr. The three-ship force will not seek to directly intercept the human smugglers – or the flotilla of overcrowded rubber dinghies they send daily from Turkey to Greece – but will monitor activity between the Turkish coast and the outlying islands of Greece, collecting information on the smugglers that will then be shared with the Turkish and Greek coast guards. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.