News

Portrait of a fleeing: Amadu

Amadu fled when he was fifteen. He fled Gambia over Libya to go to Europe, now he is sixteen, turning seventeen. Both parents of Amadu died. Now he only has his two sisters left, they stay strong together, he told Sea Watch. Still in Gambia he learned in a Nursery-Schook. He loved working with people,…

Details

Live from the Sea-Watch 2: Treacherous calm

6:30 (4:30 UTC) in the morning announced the bridge that’s scary quiet. Hardly waves but only SAR and Warships in sight. At about 9 pm (7 UTC) the ‪Sea-Watch 2‬ course took a few points on the radar, whereby you doing actually emanated from fishing boats. Shorty thereafter it goes very quickly. The calmness had…

Details

Live from the Sea-Watch 2: Burning boats

At 6 am the sixth crew of the Sea-Watch 2 spotted the first boat. The speedboat was not even in the water, as there were already four boats for our crews to deal with. After the first two boats were supplied (each about 120 people including pregnant women and children) with life jackets, our crew…

Details