Operation Triton

Voluntary contributors to Operation Triton included Croatia, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, Poland, Lithuania and Malta.

[2] The operation's assets consisted of two surveillance aircraft, three ships and seven teams of staff to gather intelligence and conduct screening/identification processing.

[11] On 23 April a five-hour emergency summit was held and EU heads of state agreed to triple the budget of Operation Triton to €120 million for 2015–2016.

As part of the agreement, the United Kingdom agreed to send HMS Bulwark, two naval patrol boats and three helicopters to join the Operation.

"[13] On 14 June 2016, the Dutch frigate HNLMS Van Amstel rescued 193 migrants, including 40 women and 16 children, who had been at sea for a week.