After its first operation and the rescue of 85 people, the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency banned the ship from sailing. The Aurora, certified as a lifeboat in England, belongs to the British non-profit organization Search and Rescue Relief (SARR), which has partnered with Sea-Watch to save lives in the Mediterranean. On May 29 of…
DetailsToday, at the meeting of EU interior ministers, a so-called Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism is to be adopted based on the proposal of the French Council Presidency. This mechanism is intended to relocate persons rescued from distress at sea from the EU’s external border countries to other European member states – without the consent of the…
DetailsLast night, the 6-person crew of AURORA, together with the sailing vessel NADIR, rescued over 80 people from distress at sea and is waiting for the allocation of a Port of Safety. The AURORA, a former rescue ship of the British Royal National Lifeboat Institution, is the latest addition to the Sea Watch rescue fleet…
DetailsIn 2021, 1.553 people drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Europe. Nevertheless, the European Union and its Member States do not consider it necessary to create safe and legal escape routes. The situation in the Central Mediterranean is politically intentional and is being decided upon again every day. European migration…
DetailsHello Lea, you are part of the authors’ collective mEUterei. What is behind it and why did you decide to write a book together? Lea: The “mEUterei” is a collective of experts who have been campaigning against the European border regime for years. The mEUterei consists of activists, refugee workers, lawyers, migration and political…
DetailsSince 2019, the Safe Passage Foundation (formerly the Stiftungfonds Zivile Seenotrettung) has been an integral part of the civil response to the inhumane EU border regime. To ensure that the foundation can continue to provide unbureaucratic support to initiatives and groups working to help people on the move, we are supporting the foundation this year…
DetailsThis factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in February and March 2022 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne Operations with the aircraft Seabird and Seabird 2.* In February and March 2022 we conducted 12 operations, with a total flight time of 72 hours and 48 minutes. We spotted 2 boats, carrying around 158 persons in distress. Download…
DetailsThe civil sea rescue organization SOS Humanity will operate the current Sea-Watch 4 as Humanity 1 from August 2022. The ship was acquired two years ago on the initiative of the United4Rescue alliance. Since then, it has been operated by the Sea-Watch organization, which uses it for rescue operations in the central Mediterranean. “The handover…
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