The sea rescue vessel Sea-Watch 4 has left the port of Burriana (Spain) on Saturday 15.08.2020 and is on its way to the search and rescue zone. The Sea-Watch 4 is currently the only rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean and is a joint project of United4Rescue, Sea-Watch, and Doctors without Borders. The purchase of…
DetailsMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is to join Sea-Watch on board the Sea-Watch 4, a new ship bound for lifesaving operations in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The collaboration has been urgently established as European member states brazenly exploit COVID-19 as an excuse to further curtail search and rescue activities, while perpetuating cycles of abuse in Libya…
DetailsThe humanitarian situation in the central Mediterranean has become dramatically worse: Although in recent weeks more people have tried to flee from Libya, almost all active sea rescue vessels are currently detained due to absurd allegations. Consequently, there is no civilian sea rescue vessel present in the Mediterranean. Alleged safety deficiencies to prevent rescue…
DetailsOn the 18th of October 2019, an overcrowded boat in distress, carrying approximately 50 people, contacted the Alarm Phone hotline. Having fled Libya, the people were located in the Maltese Search and Rescue Zone (SAR) near the Italian island of Lampedusa when they called for help. Following the call, the Alarm Phone informed the Maltese…
DetailsThis factsheet outlines a summary of distress cases witnessed by Airborne with Moonbird and Seabird. In June 2020, we flew 14 missions, for 74 hours 01 minute. We spotted more than 953 persons in distress. Download Full Report Overview of the distress cases, empty boats and dead bodies spotted Italian Search-and-Rescue (SAR) zone 2 distress cases…
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