
Course 13000 Command Team Issues in Maritime Interdiction Operation in Support of International Efforts to Manage the Migrant and Refugee Crisis at Sea
Resident Course 13000 “Command Team Issues in Maritime Interdiction Operation in Support of International Efforts to Manage the Migrant and Refugee Crisis at Sea” was conducted from 19th to 23rd of May 2025 at the NMIOTC premises.
Course objective was to deliver the appropriate knowledge to the Command Teams of naval units in order to prepare them to fulfil the unit’s specific tasks related to operations to assist law enforcement agencies with the refugee and migrant crisis at sea.
In total sixteen (16) trainees coming from ten (10) countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Türkiye) attended the course. In this iteration, we had also the pleasure to receive trainees from FRONTEX.
Subject Matter Experts from respected authorities such as Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Coastguard and Military Medical Academy provided support to the course as Augmenters, in addition to the Centre’s Instructors and Lecturers.