Sea Watch explained on their website that the campaign was timed with the launch of the second phase of the European Union's "Operation Sophia" against human traffickers, which will allow armed forces to board and seize ships suspected of smuggling people across the Mediterranean.
Sea-Watch va explicar al seu web que la campanya es duia a terme al començament de la segona fase d'armament de la missió "Sophia", que va dirigida als traficants de persones.