After 19 days at sea, the 49 people on board Sea-Watch 3 and Professor Albrecht Penck, that have been taken hostage by the European Union are free. Sea-Watch is pleased that the people, some of whom were rescued on 22 December, are now finally allowed to go on land. At the same time, a sustainable…
DetailsIt was 32 people this time, in an unseaworthy boat in international waters north off of Libya. Fleeing war, torture, rape, poverty. Men, women and seven children, four of them unaccompanied. Would Europe have wanted them to drown? We’re thankful that we found them in time. Because every human life deserves protection. That’s why we’re…
DetailsSea-Watch and Mediterranea, both part of the United4Med Alliance, leave Malta on the 4th of January with two boats to support the Sea-Watch 3. For 14 days, Sea-Watch 3 has been awaiting the assignment of a port of safety for the 32 women, men and children it rescued in the Central Mediterranean on 22 December…
DetailsJoint press release of Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye Two rescue vessels run by German NGOs are stranded at sea, with a total of 49 rescued people on board. Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye demand a quick solution for the people currently being held hostage by European states that suspended their duty to provide a port of safety. With…
DetailsFive countries of the so-called Christian West have denied the rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, its crew of 22, and their 32 rescued guests any help in finding a port of safety over the Christmas holidays. The ship remains stranded at sea – in yet another political limbo, proving the EU’s blatant reluctance to make even…
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