David Cameron announces Royal Navy role as he prepares to meet European leaders to discuss crisis The UK military is to join Nato forces intercepting and returning people trying to reach Europe from Turkey, as David Cameron prepares to meet European leaders to discuss the escalating migration crisis. The prime minister announced that the Royal Navy was deploying the amphibious landing ship RFA Mounts Bay as the first UK contribution to the Nato deployment in the Aegean Sea. The vessel, which carries a Wildcat helicopter, will join naval vessels from Germany, Canada, Turkey and Greece as part of Nato’s first intervention in the migration crisis. Related: Migration crisis summit: EU and Turkish leaders meet in Brussels – live Related: 'Do not come to Europe,' Donald Tusk warns economic migrants Continue reading...
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