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The EU-Turkey-Deal was supposed to end the dying in the Aegean Sea. But still people are risking their life on their way to journey. The number of peoplecoming from Turkey to Greece are increasing again: In August 3121 arrived on the Aegean Islands. While hundred of thousands are waiting in Turkey the EU is proud…

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Sea Watch 1: Monitoring Dirty Deals

In Autumn 2015, Sea-Watch began a maritime rescue operation with speedboats off the coast of Lesbos, Greece. In just five months, we were able to save around 4,000 people from drowning. After the EU-Turkey deal in March 2016, the numbers of refugees declined sharply, so we reduced our engagement to observing the situation and put our…

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Breaking News of the Week

On the 19th of August, Worldday of Huminitarian Help, Sea Watch points out: : Civil Rescue Ships are #NotATarget! If we look on the incidents of the last week, we have to say: Seems like this is not clear to everyone. What has happened so far? We have a summary for you: Libyan Coastguards kidnapped Rescueboat…

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