Dear Hans Leijtens, As of today, you are the new Executive Director of Frontex. Your agency has been involved in the countless scandals, entailing the attempts to hide the agency’s involvement in the innumerable violations of the human rights of the people on the move. These scandals range from the involvement in the pushbacks in…
Emily is Head of Operations at Airborne. Together with her team, she has spent the last few months pulling out all the stops to be able to fly into the Libyan SAR zone again – with success! The Libyan Civil Aviation Authority had previously demanded a far-fetched entry permit. You are Head of Operations at…
Die Sea-Watch 5 liegt seit Dezember in einer Werft in Flensburg. Dort wird sie von zahlreichen engagierten Freiwilligen für ihren Einsatzzweck umgebaut und unseren Bedürfnissen an ein Rettungsschiff angepasst. Bis zu 40 Personen gleichzeitig sind aktuell an unterschiedlichen Baustellen auf dem Schiff tätig. Schweißarbeiten auf dem Achterdeck der SW5. Das Deck wird ca. 30cm erhöht,…
NEW DECREE OBSTRUCTS LIFESAVING RESCUE EFFORTS AT SEA AND WILL CAUSE MORE DEATHS We, civil organisations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea, express our gravest concerns regarding the latest attempt by a European government to obstruct assistance to people in distress at sea. A new law decree, signed by the…
The civil rescue organization Sea-Watch sharply criticizes the decree passed by the ultra-right Italian government on Dec. 28, 2022. This decree provides that rescue organizations face severe penalties if they do not immediately leave the search and rescue zone after an initial rescue. Shortly before, the government had already introduced a new practice dealing with…
