Another busy day: In the early morning our crew spotted 3 boats with approx. 240 persons from West Africa, mostly Nigeria. Among again many women and also small children. Together with the Dignity 1 from Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières all people were rescued. One of our doctors explains the state of…
DetailsLive 2.00pm For our crew the day started eventfully early in the morning. Shortly before 6am we spotted three boats from our crow’s nest. We safeguarded the first boat with its 140 occupants mostly coming from West Africa. Among them children and pregnant women. For further medical supply four of them have been taken on…
Details07:00 pm After one mission in the morning there seems to be no open case in our surrounding area. Crew is whipping the ship into shape and is finally having some rest after days of exhausting work. Despite all terrible incidents of the past days we want to share with you some photographs of lovely meetings…
DetailsLive 7:00pm We are still assisting the recovery of dead bodies that are meanwhile scattered in a wide area due to the wave movements. Doctor Thomas Lenzen is giving a statement about the disastrous happenings of this mission day. (In German) Live 1:00pm Our crew just reached the scenery of a capsized wooden…
DetailsLive 2:30 pm We are today experiencing the greatest tragody in the Mediterranean Sea in all times. Operational area is full of boats, 16 are confirmed, 3 boats have already capsized, many dead. Sea-Watch 2 is currently involved in 2 cases, one stable rubber boat with 115 people aboard and one sunk boat we are attending to…
DetailsMission report May 24th 2016 We could today spot a refugee boat that was not able to set off a distress call on its own and was therefore drifting into death off the Libyan coast. Aboard 131 people including 50 women, 1 pregnant and 15 children. One child needed to be treated by our medical…
DetailsIn the morning: Two distress calls reached us, one rubber boat is in sight. The speed boat is already on its way. There are no other ships in the area that could possibly perform rescue. Mission report May 11th 2016 We could today respond to two distress cases north of Libya: Boat 1: Approx. 115 people…
DetailsSince deal between Turkey and EU was concluded end of March and the systematic deportation of refugees back to Turkey has been enforced, the number of refugee arrivals on Aegean Islands has dropped dramatically. Sea-Watch therefore decided on pausing our mission in the Aegean. We will however monitor the region vigorously within the framework…
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