Berlin, 08.05.2018 For the first time legal steps against illegal pull-back actions: Sea-Watch supports survivors in court proceedings against Italy 17 survivors of the fatal boat accident of 6 November 2017 go to the European Court of Human Rights with the support of several human rights organisations and thus take legal action against the illegal…
DetailsIn the last year alone, more than 3,000 people have drowned in the Central Mediterranean Sea; in 2018, more than 500 have lost their lives already. Without the reconnaissance aircraft “Moonbird”, deployed by Sea-Watch and the Swiss Humanitarian Pilots Initiative (HPI), there would have been 1000 more deaths in 2017 alone. Time and again the…
DetailsOn Saturday, 21th of April, Sea-Watch rescued a rubber boat 65 nautical miles north off the Libyan coast in a difficult operation with moments of tension when people, crammed into the dinghy, saw the arrival of the Libyan Coast Guard, who announced intentions to bring them back to Libya. People started to jump into the water, throwing…
DetailsAfter a complex rescue operation far out in international waters on Saturday, 94 people were rescued and brought to a safe place of disembarkation by Sea-Watch 3. Some of the survivors report multiple attempts to leave Libya by boat, all state outrageous conditions in Libya. When the Libyan Coast Guard arrived on scene, mandated by…
DetailsThe SEA-WATCH 3 was called today at about 2 pm for an emergency at sea in international waters about 60 nautical miles north of Tripoli. To evaluate the situation and ensure that no one is drowning, the Sea-Watch speedboats were sent to the position ahead of our mothership. After about 4 hours the speedboats Tango…
DetailsIn recent days and weeks, events came thick and fast on Europe’s deadliest sea border in terms of civil rescue at sea, and a number of landmark decisions are imminent. For this reason we make a summary of recent developments in the Mediterranean. The most important developments: Sea-Watch saves more than 300 people, rescue shows…
DetailsLa nave di soccorso Sea-Watch 3 è partita in mattinata per una nuova missione nel Mediterraneo Centrale. Sea-Watch è sempre più preoccupata per i recenti sviluppi in mare, dove il nuovo ruolo attribuito alla Guardia Costiera Libica risulta in maggiori respingimenti e rende difficoltose le operazioni, mettendo a rischio innanzitutto le persone soccorse, ma anche…
DetailsThe Sea-Watch 3 will depart today for a new rescue mission in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Sea-Watch is increasingly concerned about recent developments at sea, where the new role attributed to the Libyan Coast Guard results in increasing push-backs and distressing circumstances during operations, for both the people rescued and the NGOs’ rescuers. It remains…
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