Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch On Saturday, 11th March, just two weeks after at least 79 people drowned in a shipwreck off the Italian coast, Italian and Maltese authorities left once again people dying at sea. This time, their politics of non-assistance and the delegation of their duties to the…
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…
This factsheet presents a summary of the distress cases witnessed in August 2022 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne Operations with the aircraft Seabird 2. (1) In August 2022 we flew in the Maltese Search-and-Rescue (SAR) zone only, conducting 14 operations over a total flight time of 74 hours and 49 minutes. We spotted 38 boats, carrying around 1,243 persons in…
This factsheet presents a summary of the distress cases witnessed in July 2022 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne Operations with the aircraft Seabird 1.(1) In July 2022 we flew in the Maltese Search-and-Rescue (SAR) zone only, conducting 17 operations over a total flight time of 88 hours and 50 minutes. We spotted 42 boats, carrying around 1,698 persons in distress.…
For some weeks now, the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa has once again been in the public eye. Located southwest of Sicily, it is the closest European mainland to both Libya and Tunisia. That’s why a particularly large number of people fleeing arrive here and make their way to Europe. During the summer months, when…
