Civil sea rescue of people in flight

Sea-Watch e.V. is a non-profit organization that conducts civil search and rescue operations in the Central Med. In the presence of the humanitarian crisis, Sea-Watch provides emergency relief capacities, demands and pushes for rescue operations by the european institutions and stands up publicly for legal escape routes. Since a political solution in the sense of a #SafePassage is not on the horizon, we have expanded our field of operation and made new plans. We are politically and religiously independent and are financed solely through donations.

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Here we report from our missions.

Sea-Watch is vehemently committed to ensuring that no one has to die at Europe’s deadly sea border.

In view of the humanitarian catastrophe with thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean, the idea for the Sea-Watch project was born in 2014. In spring 2015 we bought an old cutter and rebuilt it for use in sea rescue. With the help of numerous volunteer activists who set up the project in Germany or who have been crew members in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy since June 2015, we have succeeded in effectively saving thousands of people.

The voluntary commitment of many is the core of our work. They have provided us with their knowledge and skills in shipping, medicine, mechanics, logistics, public relations and much more.