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…
Early this morning, on World Refugee Day, Sea-Watch rescued 70 people from distress in the Mediterranean sea. The youngest is only one year old. One person was later medically evacuated to Malta due to critical health conditions. Several others are suffering from severe fuel burns, dehydration, and exhaustion after being at sea for more than…
The civil rescue organization Sea-Watch introduces a new monitoring aircraft in the central Mediterranean. The Seabird 3, a Diamond DA42 aircraft, will be operated in partnership with the Humanitarian Pilots Initiative and United4Rescue. This new alliance aircraft will allow for continued documentation of human rights violations and help assist those in distress in the central Mediterranean.…
