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5 questions to our captain Reimar

Reimar is one of the captains of Sea-Watch. During our missions, but also during shipyard times, he makes sure everything runs smoothly from the ship’s bridge. This year he is celebrating Christmas in Flensburg on the Sea-Watch 5.     You are currently on the Sea-Watch 5. How did you come to work on the…

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Italy & the civilian sea rescue – When old acquaintances meet new fascism

Since the end of October, the Italian right-wing populist Giorgia Meloni, head of the post-fascist party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy), is now prime minister of Italy. Together with the Forza Italia around ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the Lega around ex-interior minister Matteo Salvini, a fascist alliance of Mussolini nostalgics and politicians dedicated to…

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Stoppt die Schiffsunglücke vor Tunesien!

Die Schiffsunglücke und das Verschwinden von Booten mit Menschen auf der Flucht Richtung Italien, nahe der tunesischen Küste, häufen sich seit zwei Jahren. Nach Angaben des FTDES (Tunesisches Forum für wirtschaftliche und soziale Rechte) sind zwischen Anfang des Jahres und Ende November 2022 mehr als 575 Menschen bei dieser Überfahrt ums Leben gekommen. Dabei werden…

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Airborne Monthly Factsheet August 2022

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…

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