14. 2019 年 9 月，欧洲联盟理事会决定将欧盟海军地中海索菲亚行动的任务期限延长至 2020 年 3 月 31 日。索菲亚行动暂停部署海军资产，造成搜索和救援能力继续下降。行动在提前 14 天通知的情况下保持海军船只的行动，以便在欧洲联盟理事会政治和安全委员会的要求和指示下保持海上反应。行动报告称，继续部署航空资产支持核心任务，在地中海中南部阻断移民偷运者和人口贩运者的商业模式。8 在利比亚搜救区进行了空中巡逻，主要是在的黎波里塔尼亚和昔兰尼加以北地区。巡逻使用的航空资产并不与其他利益攸关方直接互动。在地中海中部观察遇难船只时，通过相关的海上救援协调中心传递所有信息。难民署指出，行动在利比亚搜救区发现的遇险船只经常被利比亚海岸警卫队和海军拦截，并且人员在利比亚上岸。
14. In September 2019, the Council of the European Union decided to extend the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED operation SOPHIA until 31 March 2020. The temporary suspension of the operation’s naval assets, however, remained in place, resulting in continued reduced search and rescue capacity. The operation maintained naval vessels with 14 days’ notice to move, so as to provide a maritime response if required and directed by the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the European Union. The operation reported that it continued to employ air assets in support of its core mandate to disrupt the business model of migrant smugglers and human traffickers in the southern central Mediterranean. 8 Air patrols were conducted within the Libyan Search and Rescue Region, primarily to the north of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. The air assets on patrol did not interact directly with other stakeholders. When vessels in distress were observed in the central Mediterranean, all information was relayed through the relevant Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres. UNHCR noted that the vessels in distress detected by the operation in the Libyan Search and Rescue Region were frequently intercepted by the Libyan coastguard and navy and disembarked in Libya.