On the 18th of October 2019, an overcrowded boat in distress, carrying approximately 50 people, contacted the Alarm Phone hotline. Having fled Libya, the people were located in the Maltese Search and Rescue Zone (SAR) near the Italian island of Lampedusa when they called for help. Following the call, the Alarm Phone informed the Maltese…
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With its EU Presidency beginning today, the German Federal Government has the opportunity to push forward a migration agenda that conforms to human rights – and thus to give substance to the mere lip service that has been paid in recent years with regard to sea rescue. Sea-Watch calls on the German government to make…
One Year after: Statement of Carola Rackete One year ago captain Carola Rackete steered the Sea-Watch 3 without authorisation into the port of Lampedusa. Before, her crew rescued 53 people out of maritime distress. Then Italian Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini, refused the ship entry into port. During more than two weeks of a standoff,…
After a forced break of more than three months due to closed borders and logistical impossibilities in Italy and throughout Europe, the Sea-Watch 3 started its first mission since the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic on June 6th. After one and a half weeks in the central Mediterranean, marked by interceptions and pull-backs in…
