Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


                       NATO Enters Aegean Migrant Crisis

   by VOA News

   NATO is sending warships to the Aegean Sea to target migrant smugglers
   in the alliance's most direct intervention in the wave of people trying
   to reach European shores.

   The NATO mission was put in motion Thursday following backing from U.S.
   Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

   The alliance's secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, directed NATO
   maritime forces to begin moving immediately toward the eastern Aegean.
   He said the decision was made to help Turkey and Greece manage the
   tragedy "in a better way than we have managed to do so far."

   ''

   NATO member Greece has struggled to deal with the nonstop flow of
   migrants and refugees, most of whom are fleeing violence in Iraq and
   Syria. The U.N. says 75,000 migrants and refugees have already arrived
   in Greece by sea in 2016.






     __________________________________________________________________

   [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/nato-aegean/3186375.html

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/content/nato-aegean/3186375.html