#CrimesOfMalta: 52 people had to wait several days on a merchant vessel under inhuman and degrading conditions, while neither Italy nor Malta offered a port for safe landing and refused entry into their territorial waters. 03.07. – 07.07.2020: After 52 people had already spent two days at sea, they called the Watch the Med -…
This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in September 2020 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew from the aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In September 2020 we flew 8 missions, with a total flight time of 65 hours and 06 minutes. We spotted around 333 persons in distress. Since 04.09., Moonbird has been grounded by…
#CrimesOfMalta: A boat in distress is apparently supplied with 64 life jackets by the Maltese armed forces and then left alone – Malta shows itself once again from its most inhuman side: instead of rescuing, they only distribute life jackets. 29.08.2020: Our Moonbird spots a completely overloaded wooden boat in the Maltese Search and Rescue…
#CrimesOfMalta: A boat in distress is intercepted by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard in the Maltese Search and Rescue Zone – illegally. Rightfully, Malta would be responsible for the rescue. 28 August 2020: Our Moonbird spots a completely overloaded wooden boat in the Maltese Search and Rescue Zone. Close by, she also sights a ship…
Together with the Border Violence Monitoring Network, Sea-Watch has submitted a joint report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding Malta’s continued violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The report concludes that despite ratifying the ICCPR, the continued illegal pushback of refugees carried out by Maltese authorities or third parties…
