On August 11, Sea-Watch 5 rescued two boats in distress with a total of 73 people on board. After rescuing 67 people on the morning of August 11, a pregnant woman’s water broke on the civil rescue ship Sea-Watch 5. Although the woman experienced rare complications that required urgent medical care on land for the…
DetailsAugust 11, 2025: After rescuing 67 people in distress at sea in the morning, a pregnant woman’s water broke on the civil rescue ship Sea-Watch 5. Although she encounters rare complications requiring urgent land-based medical attention, no coastal state carried out a medical evacuation yet. The mother and baby are in mortal danger. The previous…
DetailsThe Italian authorities have detained the Seabird 1 monitoring aircraft belonging to the civilian sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch with immediate effect. This marks a new escalation in the Italian government’s fight against civilian human rights observation in the Mediterranean. On Thursday, 7 August, the crew of Seabird 1 was informed by the aviation authority ENAC…
DetailsJuly 31, 2025 – Two days after rescuing more than 90 people from a capsized boat in the Mediterranean Sea, the captain of the merchant ship PORT FUKUOKA is still alone at sea with the survivors. Among them are three pregnant women and the bodies of two deceased children. One woman reports that her water…
DetailsTwo children dead and one person remains missing after a boat in distress with over 90 people on board capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on 29 of July 2025. The monitoring aircraft Seabird 2 of the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch first spotted the boat in distress on Monday, 28 July, and alerted all responsible European…
DetailsThe Airborne Annual Report 2024 provides an overview of the findings of Sea-Watch’s airborne monitoring of human rights violations in the central Mediterranean Sea during 2024. Together with the Swiss organization Humanitarian Pilots Initiative (HPI), Sea-Watch operates the two monitoring aircraft Seabird 1 and Seabird 2. Starting from Lampedusa, the aircraft patrol the central Mediterranean…
DetailsItalian authorities have detained the Sea-Watch ship Aurora for 20 days. The decision issued today by the Prefecture of Agrigento orders the blockade of the vessel, despite close cooperation with Italian authorities. Sea-Watch is seeking legal action against the detention. Including the Aurora, three civil rescue vessels are currently blocked in the port of Lampedusa. In total, Italian…
DetailsBrussels, July 17 – In a bold protest against Frontex’s attempt to intimidate the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch, the NGO has unloaded around 700 life vests outside the EU border agency’s Brussels office. The striking visual protest follows Frontex’s recent demand that Sea-Watch pay legal costs after their 2024 court case at the EU General Court…
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