The civil rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 has just entered Italian territorial waters with 47 rescued persons on board as an emergency measure. Last night, the Italian Coast Guard had ordered and conducted the disembarkation of 18 women, children, and closely related men while the others, among them eight unaccompanied minors, a pregnant woman and a…
Upon arrival in the search and rescue (SAR) zone, the civil rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 rescued 65 people from a rubber boat in distress, about 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. The boat had been spotted before by the civilian reconnaissance aircraft Colibri. Among the 65 rescued people – many of which show signs…
On Saturday, the Sea-Watch 3 has set sails again for search and rescue after more than a month of unlawful blockade by its own flag state, the Netherlands. It is once again the only civilian rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Last Friday alone, about 70 people fell victim to the EU’s deadly migration…
The Dutch state has wrongly prevented Sea-Watch 3 from leaving the port since the beginning of April – this was the conclusion reached today by a court in The Hague, which was responsible for assessing our emergency application against the blockade of the ship. According to the court, the Minister may not impose the policy change…
Days on end, an inflatable boat journeys through large waves. Many of the passengers are seasick. They are unaware of how long it will take to reach land, or if they ever will, and what might be awaiting them there if they do. Though it is practically invisible in terms of press coverage, this scenario…
