The Airborne Annual Report 2024 provides an overview of the findings of Sea-Watch’s airborne monitoring of human rights violations in the central Mediterranean Sea during 2024. Together with the Swiss organization Humanitarian Pilots Initiative (HPI), Sea-Watch operates the two monitoring aircraft Seabird 1 and Seabird 2. Starting from Lampedusa, the aircraft patrol the central Mediterranean…
This factsheet provides a summary of political developments and operational updates regarding our ships and aircraft from January to March 2025. Download Full Report 1. Political developments Sea Rescue organisations joined the criminal trial regarding the shipwreck in Crotone, Italy On February 26, 2023, at least 94 people died off the coast of Crotone, Italy,…
This factsheet provides a summary of political developments and operational updates regarding our ships and aircraft. 1. Political developments 2. Updates on our aerial operations with Seabird 1 and Seabird 2 Overview of boats in distress spotted Details and outcomes of selected boats in distress 3. Updates on our operations at sea with the Sea-Watch…
This factsheet outlines a summary of political developments and operational updates regarding our ships and aircraft from July to September 2024. 1. Political developments The “Flussi” Decree-law, a new attempt to hinder our aerial operations On October 11th, the Italian Government officially published the “Decreto Flussi”, with the aim to target civil airborne operations, including…
This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases the Sea-Watch Airborne operations witnessed April to June 2024 by Airborne with Seabird 1 and Seabird 2. In April to June we conducted 35 operations, with a total flight time of 213 hours and 42 minutes. We spotted approximately 1,878 persons in distress aboard 43 different…
