Three teenagers who saved themselves and 105 other refugees on the high seas from illegal return to Libya were released on bail yesterday after almost eight months of detention. The #ElHiblu3 (16, 17 and 19 years old today) are accused of terrorism for convincing the crew of the tanker that saved them to bring them…
While the meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg this week once again failed to make any progress towards ending the deadly state of emergency in the Mediterranean, once again civilian actors set an example of solidarity to the European Union: with a donation of 60,000 euros, Sea-Watch is enabling the rescue ship Alan Kurdi…
With the present document, the signing non-governmental-organisations involved in search-and-rescue activities in the Mediterranean Sea, jointly share the following considerations and recommendations to the JHA Ministers reuniting in Luxembourg to follow up to the mini-summit of 23 September held in Malta. The question of a fair and human needs-based relocation mechanism remains unresolved. In recent…
Sea-Watch continuous air reconnaissance mission: at least 17 emergencies with more than 750 castaways within five days This week alone, our aerial reconnaissance mission registered 17 distress cases. While some boats in distress were rescued by the rescue ship Ocean Viking of the organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee, at least 3 cases could…
Today, a judge in The Hague ruled on the appeal lodged by Sea-Watch. The Court’s judgment acknowledges that the negative consequences of omitting a transitional period for the more stringent safety regulations on Sea-Watch’s ship, namely that people may drown due to limited rescue capacity in the Mediterranean Sea, outweigh the purpose of the new…
