The crew of the Seabird 2 aircraft of the sea rescue organization Sea-Watch discovered the bodies of 11 people floating in international waters off the Libyan coast during their monitoring flight yesterday. During today’s mission, the crew discovered another body. The exact circumstances are still unclear. During their nine-hour observation flight, which started yesterday morning…
The Italian aviation authority ENAC is attempting to prevent the documentation of human rights violations in the Mediterranean. On Monday, the authority published an order banning the use of NGO aircraft over the Mediterranean. Sea-Watch is nevertheless continuing its monitoring flights and took off from Lampedusa airport shortly after 1 p.m. today. March 2024:…
Download Full Report This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed January – March 2024 by Airborne with Seabird 1 and Seabird 2.1 In January – March we conducted 40 operations, with a total flight time of 205 hours and 38 minutes. We spotted around 2.755 persons in distress aboard 47 different…
A joint statement by Alarm Phone, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Sea-Watch. Malta has once more neglected its legal obligations under the law of the sea and abandoned 14 persons in distress at sea resulting into one death. Civil society groups Alarm Phone, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Sea-Watch, all operating…
On Wednesday, 24.04.2024, the General Court of the European Union will rule on the Sea-Watch v Frontex case. Sea-Watch filed a complaint in April 2022 and a hearing was held in Luxembourg in October 2023. Previously, the border agency had refused a Freedom of information (FOI) request. The release of the withheld information is intended…
