19:00: Mission Report The second day of exhausting work in a row comes to an end: At all six boats were sightet in the early morning hours. Three of them were provided aid by Sea-Watch crew, 40 women and 3 children were taken aboard. The other three, among two woodens boats, were evacuated by Topaz…
After more than 12 hours of mission the two speed boats are finally craned and the crew is receiving a long deserved rest. The pictures of today’s events depict happy people shortly after their rescue, thoughtful people in long waiting periods and – sadly – also one dead body being transferred onto another rescue vessel.…
Does the Turkish Coast Guard hold responsibility for the deaths of two persons at sea? Sea-Watch, ProActiva/Open Arms, Human Rights at Sea, CADUS and WatchTheMed Alarmphone demand an independent investigation of a fatal distress case that occurred on 19.03.2016 in the Aegean SeaOn the 12th of May 2016, a Joint Statement by Sea-Watch, ProActiva Open Arms, WatchTheMed Alarm Phone, Human…
Sea-Watch launches an airplane for airial reconnossaince in the Central Med, extending its humanitarian rescue operation in a new cooperation with Humaitarion Pilot Initiative (HPI) as Sea-Watch Air. The catastrophic conditions for refugees call for a more effecient rescue efforts and the use of air survaillance. It will allow us a broader scan of the…
Another busy day: In the early morning our crew spotted 3 boats with approx. 240 persons from West Africa, mostly Nigeria. Among again many women and also small children. Together with the Dignity 1 from Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières all people were rescued. One of our doctors explains the state of…
