In the first half of 2020, Maltese authorities were implicated in multiple failures to respect and protect the rights of refugees and migrants at sea. Under their coordination, people were pushed back to Libya, a country at war where refugees and migrants are systematically abused. Delays in attending to distress calls exposed people to the…
DetailsToday, twelve days after the first conducted rescue of this mission, the Sea-Watch 4 was able to disembark 353 survivors in Palermo, Italy. European states continue to refuse to rescue shipwrecked people and instead instruct civilian actors to assist in rescues. Once in port, civil actors have to fear repression and the confiscation of their…
DetailsThe rescue ship Sea-Watch 4, which left for its first mission on August 15, rescued more than 200 people within 48 hours. Due to the arbitrary blockade of civilian rescue ships by European states, Sea-Watch 4 was the only active rescue ship to set off for the Mediterranean. This European blockade of sea rescue and…
DetailsThis factsheet outlines a summary of distress cases witnessed by Airborne with Moonbird and Seabird.1 In July 2020, we flew 19 missions, for 93 hours 18 minutes. We spotted more than 1.344 persons in distress. Download Full Report Overview of the distress cases, empty boats and dead bodies spotted Maltese Search-and-Rescue (SAR) zone 4 distress…
DetailsThe 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…
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