The Slovenian delegation will also visit the Sigonella military base in Augusta, Sicily and the detention centre for immigrants there. A meeting with Italian Defence Minister Mario Mauro is scheduled.

Slovenia deployed the Triglav on a two-month mission in mid-December to help the Italian navy with the surge of immigrants from North Africa.

Italy launched the Mare Nostrum campaign on 14 October after nearly 400 migrants from Africa and Syria died off the shores of Lampedusa within a week in early October 2013.