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Airborne Monthly Factsheet August 2021

This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in August 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews with their two aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In August 2021 we conducted 13 operations, with a total flight time of 78 hours and 22 minutes. We spotted at least 1.030 persons in distress aboard 24 different boats. Download…

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Landmark ruling confirms: Libya is not a place of safety!

We have always said that people rescued from distress at sea must not be brought back to Libya under any circumstances! A rescue operation is only finished when the rescued people have been brought to a place of safety. What does that mean exactly? Those rescued must be brought ashore in a place where a…

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4 Questions to Felix from our air reconnaissance mission Airborne

Felix has been with Sea-Watch since 2017. As part of the Airborne team, he helps to ensure that human rights violations in the central Mediterranean do not remain undetected. How long have you been with Sea-Watch and what exactly is your job? Felix: I have been with Sea-Watch since 2017. Back then, I started in…

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Sea-Watch 3 rescues over 400 people from distress at sea

The rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 departed for the Central Mediterranean on 10 October. In 7 rescue operations in the search and rescue zone off the Libyan coast, the crew has rescued over 400 people from distress at sea. They were supported by Sea-Watch’s reconnaissance aircraft Seabird. On Sunday morning, 17 October 2021, the crew of…

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