Last November, Italy suspended its Mare Nostrum rescue operation (which it launched in 2013, after more than 300 migrants drowned off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa), because other EU member states refused to share the costs – some €9 million ($10.6 million) a month. In its place, the EU border agency, Frontex, has begun conducting a limited coastal mission called Operation Triton.
让我们看看欧洲对搜索救援行动的态度。去年11月，因为其他欧盟成员国拒绝分担每月900万欧元左右（合1060美元）的成本，意大利暂停了地中海救援行动（2013年300多名移民在靠近意大利兰佩杜萨岛海岸溺水身亡后，意大利启动了这项救援行动）。欧盟边境管理局、欧盟边防局（Frontex）已经启动名为海卫行动的有限海岸救援计划，以部分弥补地中海救援行动停止后的空缺。