Italy on Friday announced a major scale back of migrant sea rescue operations, despite criticism from human rights organizations, on the eve of the launch of a new European Union border patrol mission, dpa reported. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) say more migrants will be put at risk because the EU operation, called Triton, will operate as of Saturday in a smaller stretch of the Mediterranean, with less resources at its disposal. -- SPA 20:37 LOCAL TIME 17:37 GMT تغريد
