The people on board the fishing vessel Nostra Madre di Loreto are in critical condition. The ships of Mediterranea and Open Arms, on site for several hours, asked Malta for an immediate evacuation of one of the survivors who was at that point already in a state of unconsciousness. At late hour, a Maltese helicopter…
Two ships of the #united4med alliance have set sail despite of rough weather conditions thursday afternoon, to support the Spanish fishing vessel #NuestraMadreLoreto, that had run into difficulties during a storm. The vessel is stuck at sea with 12 people rescued out of maritime distress, for more than a week now, as still no port…
Since the 23rd of November 12 people are stranded out at sea after they had been rescued out of maritime distress onto the Spanish fishing boat Nuestra Madre de Loreto. Open Arms, Sea Watch and Mediterranea condemn European Union country’s negotiations with Libya to return those people, as this would be a violation of international…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”. Martin Luther King Migration is neither a problem to be solved nor an unnatural movement to be stopped. Migration is a fact and it has been so since…
Together with the Spanish organization Open Arms and the Italian partner project Mediterranea, Sea-Watch 3 returns to the search and rescue zone off Libya. Previously, the ship had unlawfully been detained in Malta for almost four months, while the death rate in the Mediterranean rose to a record high. The fleet of three ships from…