This factsheet presents a summary of distress cases witnessed by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew from the aircraft Moonbird.* From November 2020 to January 2021, primarily due to bad weather in the Central Mediterranean Sea, we flew only 16 missions with a total flight time of 73 hours and 22 minutes. We spotted around 165 persons in…
Details„I believe that sealing someone’s fate should not happen at sea when one is in total despair but according to human rights laws and professional insights into someone’s whereabouts. As long as the European Union fails to act according to its responsibility to uphold such rights, it’s important to support other actors.“ We asked our…
DetailsWe ask 3 questions to the shipyard crew of the Sea-Watch 3. Nils is on board as a captain. As the EU’s current inhumane policies are not improving the situation in the Mediterranean, he is helping to get the Sea-Watch 3 back on mission as soon as possible. Why do we need ships like the…
Details“I did not think a lot about refugees at Europe’s borders until I saw the situation with my own eyes. I wish more people would be able to have a closer look at what happens in the Mediterranean.” We asked our airborne crew 3 questions. After 32 years as a commercial pilot, Ditmar wanted to use…
Details24 December 2020 – Yesterday, the Regional Administrative Court of Palermo ordered the referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union of the appeals filed by Sea-Watch against the administrative detentions affecting our vessels, Sea-Watch 3 and Sea-Watch 4. Thus, the Administrative Court of Sicily asks the Court to clarify the doubts raised…
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