This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in September 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews with their two aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In September 2021 we conducted 11 operations, with a total flight time of 66 hours and 46 minutes. We spotted 460 persons in distress aboard 10 different boats. Download Full Report Overview of…
This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in August 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews with their two aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In August 2021 we conducted 13 operations, with a total flight time of 78 hours and 22 minutes. We spotted at least 1.030 persons in distress aboard 24 different boats. Download…
This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in July 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews from their two aircraft Moonbird and Seabird.* In July 2021 we conducted 19 operations, with a total flight time of 114 hours and 54 minutes. We spotted around 1.517 persons in distress aboard 38 different boats.
Insights into their ongoing and unpunished aerial complicity in human rights violations Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has the task of preventing people on the move from crossing the external borders of the European Union. In the Central Mediterranean, Frontex is not currently present with naval assets but rather operates aerial reconnaissance aircraft which…
This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in March 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew with their aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In March 2021 we flew 9 missions, with a total flight time of 51 hours and 42 minutes. We spotted around 476 persons in distress aboard 7 different boats. *Since 2017, together…
