Lesbos update March 2nd 2016
Another rescue mission at night off Lesbos. 57 refugees from a rubber boat with engine failure and 34 people from a sinking “yacht” were brought to land safely. #SafePassage Donate Now!
Rescue in the dark – Lesbos Update February 24th 2016
[youtube id=”zXxfjE6Rka0″ mode=”lazyload-lightbox”] We start our night shift the day before yesterday at 11pm. A very calm night, we stay on stand-by on the boat. We keep scanning Greek coastline and by spotting a reflection of a life vest in the darkness we finally find 33 people that have been hiding between rocks for hours because…
Live from Lesvos Feburary 17th 2016
Sea-Watch tonight assisted to embark 26 people mostly from Iraq that accidentally landed on rocks of south east coast of Lesvos and were stuck there during a night shift.
Sea-Watch is critically assessing Nato efforts in the Aegean Sea
Nato operation neglects most urgent need: To save human lives “Sea-Watch is strongly questioning announcements of Nato operation in the Aegean Sea assuming that the mission objective is not compatible with our claim as an NGO to provide SAFE PASSAGE and it is to fear that the deployment will aggravate the situation. A possible deployment…
Lesbos update 20th January 2016: Live from Skala Sikamineas, Lesbos. Sea-watch crew there on stand-by.
17 boats arrived. Two dead people: one child and one woman. We assisted 4 boats from 7:40 am to 1 pm. Boat 1: Sea-Watch assisted Greenpeace International with a sinking boat. We boarded around 15 people, including one baby and one pregnant woman. We then passed them to Frontex who brought them to Molyvos. Boat 2: Engine…