Operation Mare Nostrum by Frontex's Operation Triton, which operates a smaller search and rescue capability. Unlike Mare Nostrum, Operation Triton focused on border protection rather than search and rescue, and operates closer to the Italian coast The termination of Mare Nostrum has been criticized as a cause of the increased death rate among migrants to Europe in the Mediterranean, which increased tenfold between 2014 and 2015. Two major migrant shipwreck disasters which together killed more than 1000 people within the span of a week in April 2015 led to calls to renew the operation. The operation involved the units of the Italian Navy
Mare Nostrum (video game) revolves around an Attack and Defend style, whereby one team has to take objective areas from the opposing team in order to claim victory. The "Mare Nostrum" team was formed 8 Aug 2006 with the merger of 2 separate modification teams; "Campagna Italiana" team and the "Burning Sands" team. The "Mare Nostrum" game project is current subdivided into two phases which reflects the original merger. The first is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Afrikafeldzug 40-43' which concentrates on the actions during the North African Campaign. The second, unreleased, phase is titled 'Mare Nostrum: Campagna Italiana 43-45', and will encompass actions in and