July 31, 2025 – Two days after rescuing more than 90 people from a capsized boat in the Mediterranean Sea, the captain of the merchant ship PORT FUKUOKA is still alone at sea with the survivors. Among them are three pregnant women and the bodies of two deceased children. One woman reports that her water…
Two children dead and one person remains missing after a boat in distress with over 90 people on board capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on 29 of July 2025. The monitoring aircraft Seabird 2 of the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch first spotted the boat in distress on Monday, 28 July, and alerted all responsible European…
Italian authorities have detained the Sea-Watch ship Aurora for 20 days. The decision issued today by the Prefecture of Agrigento orders the blockade of the vessel, despite close cooperation with Italian authorities. Sea-Watch is seeking legal action against the detention. Including the Aurora, three civil rescue vessels are currently blocked in the port of Lampedusa. In total, Italian…
Brussels, July 17 – In a bold protest against Frontex’s attempt to intimidate the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch, the NGO has unloaded around 700 life vests outside the EU border agency’s Brussels office. The striking visual protest follows Frontex’s recent demand that Sea-Watch pay legal costs after their 2024 court case at the EU General Court…
During yesterday’s reconnaissance flights over the Central Mediterranean, the crew of Sea-Watch’s aircraft Seabird 1 discovered the bodies of five people floating in international waters off the Libyan coast. While searching for more bodies, an armed Libyan militia with an Italy-financed patrol vessel was present close to one of the dead bodies but refused to respond to any of the…
