Where EU migration policies fail to protect human rights, Philippa and Eric Kempson are there to defend them. The British artists have been living on the Greek island of Lesvos for almost 20 years now. They have witnessed how the island has turned from paradise to a place of horror. Even though winter is coming,…
DetailsOn Friday morning, members of the Turkish Coast Guard fired gunshots and physically attacked refugees outside of their territorial waters in a clear violation of Maritime and International Law. Instead of helping those in distress at sea according to UNCLOS regulations, they stirred panic and forced 20 refugees back to Turkish shores. Greek Coast Guards…
DetailsUpdate to the incident of November 6, when at least five people died due to the reckless behavior of Libyan Coast Guards in international waters: https://sea-watch.org/en/dramatic-rescue-operation-sea-watch-3/ Inappropriate and reckless behavior during rescue The primary goal of the Libyan coast guards was clearly to take back people to Libya and not their rescue – despite…
DetailsCentral Mediterranean, 07.11.2017 Yesterday, the 6th of November, a tragedy occurred in international waters approximately 30 nm north of Tripoli. A rubber boat sent a distress call, to which different units reacted in coordination with the responsible Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in Rome. The situation was grave: people were already in the water when the…
DetailsThe violent and reckless behavior of Libyan Coast Guards has caused at least five deaths on the Central Mediterranean Sea this morning, as the crew of the Sea-Watch 3 was called to their first rescue mission by the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center. A helicopter of the Italian Navy had to intervene to prevent more…
DetailsSea-Watch sends its new flagship „Sea-Watch 3“ to a rescue mission at Europe’s deadly maritime borders for the first time, as people are still risking their lives on unseaworthy rubber boats to escape war torn Libya. Only yesterday, over 200 people risked drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, as a thunderstorm set in during a rescue…
DetailsShortly before Sea-Watch’s new flagship sets off on its first mission on 3rd November, Denmark’s biggest newspaper Politiken is awarding the Freedom Prize to Sea-Watch in Copenhagen. The crisis on the Mediterranean has not passed – people are still dying at Europe’s deadliest border. Yet fewer and fewer ships are actively rescuing migrants and refugees.…
DetailsPediatrician Caro on her engagement with Sea-Watch Carolin Möhrke works as a pediatrician in a small town in the east of Germany, most of the time anyway. She purposely took a part time job at the local hospital. When she is not at work here, the 38 year old does volunteer work. Caro has been…
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