While the Aquarius, operated by SOS Mediterranee and MSF, was able to leave the port of Valletta yesterday after a successful disembarkation of rescued people, the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 has been prevented from sailing for 51 days, despite the fact that all conditions of the flag state are fulfilled and the necessary registrations are…
On 30 July, the Asso Ventotto, an Italian merchant vessel, brought 108 people to Libya after rescuing them in international waters. This has not only breached international law but, above all, endangered the lives of the rescued, because Libya is not a safe place. Italy had already been convicted in a similar case in 2012,…
In a report to the Maltese authorities, the Dutch government confirms the correct registration of the civilian search and rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3. Nevertheless, the Maltese government keeps the ship blocked in port for almost one month already, playing for time with flimsy arguments, while again many distress cases occurred and no suitable rescue assets…
A demand for the continuation of access to individual asylum rights in Europe Since time immemorial, people have been fleeing from persecution, war, and poverty. Never in history, the social movement of migration could be impeded. We, the signing organizations, appeal for the continuation of access to individual asylum rights in Europe and against the…
Berlin, 04.07.2018 The political offensive against monitoring and rescue missions in the Mediterranean continues: Now the civil reconnaissance aircraft Moonbird was blocked from operations as well. The aircraft is operated by Sea-Watch and the Swiss Humanitarian Pilots Initiative (HPI) and is supported by the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD). The Maltese authorities do not allow…
