This Thursday (10.06.21) you have the chance to get an insight into the important work of our Advocacy team. If you haven’t already done so, you can attend the online lecture via ZOOM at the following link, starting at 7pm. We’d love to have you join us! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XhTrMwYZQ6en1ABhe6FtRQ Behind the scenes Political Advocacy…
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Crimes of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex in the Central Mediterranean Sea
Insights into their ongoing and unpunished aerial complicity in human rights violations Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has the task of preventing people on the move from crossing the external borders of the European Union. In the Central Mediterranean, Frontex is not currently present with naval assets but rather operates aerial reconnaissance aircraft which…
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Airborne Monthly Factsheet March 2021
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…
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WANTED: Your music & poems for activist theatre project!
The 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…
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Sea rescue NGOs ask for an urgent meeting with Italian Prime Minister Draghi
Dear 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…
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