Video: Q&A with Omar, pilot of Moonbird and Seabird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3MFU_KNBxU
Three simple demands to the German EU Council Presidency
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…
Live on Mo. 29 June from 16 o’clock: Carola Rackete Livestream / One year after: Statement by Carola Rackete
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,…
Sea-Watch 3 Rescues Over 90 Refugees Off Libya
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…
How Malta and EU authorities left people to die at sea and returned survivors to war
Twelve people have lost their lives due to European action and inaction in the Mediterranean Sea. Authorities in Malta, Italy, Libya, Portugal, Germany, as well as the EU border agency Frontex were informed about a group of 55 [eventually 63 people] in distress at sea but chose to let twelve of them die of thirst…