UK to offer drones to help combat people-smugglers in Libya | World news | The Guardian
They must have been spooked. RFA Lyme Bay+ more helicopters/drones. etc.
Basically its moving to a more defensive "war on boats" rather than a humanitarian rescue force for the refugees.
Some on prune will be creaming their knicks at this but to me, its just sad, the West turning their guns yet again on the unarmed and hopeless and helpless.