This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in March 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew with their aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In March 2021 we flew 9 missions, with a total flight time of 51 hours and 42 minutes. We spotted around 476 persons in distress aboard 7 different boats. *Since 2017, together…
DetailsThe idea We are a group of activists from Sea-Watch who want to highlight the lives of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea through a staged reading. We are currently in the process of developing the format. For this we are looking for poetic material, for example music, songs or poems, that deal with the reality…
DetailsDear Prime Minister Mario Draghi, after yet another tragedy occurred in the Mediterranean last Thursday, we believe it is essential to ask you for an urgent meeting. Every time a shipwreck occurs, we hope it will be the last. Also the tragedy of these days could have very likely been avoided. There are people who…
DetailsTwo years ago, on 28 March 2019, the merchant vessel ElHiIblu1 arrived in Malta and three teenagers were arrested and accused of having committed a multiplicity of crimes, including acts of terrorism. An alliance of human rights activists calls on Malta to drop the charges immediately. On 26 March 2019, 108 people were rescued from…
DetailsEarlier this month, the administrative court in Palermo lifted the blockade of our two ships. Now the next wave of politically motivated harassment is already following: this time it strikes the Sea-Watch 3. Last June, the Sea-Watch 3 was detained by the Italian authorities after rescuing 211 people. After the ship was allowed to go…
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