[youtube id=”zXxfjE6Rka0″ mode=”lazyload-lightbox”] We start our night shift the day before yesterday at 11pm. A very calm night, we stay on stand-by on the boat. We keep scanning Greek coastline and by spotting a reflection of a life vest in the darkness we finally find 33 people that have been hiding between rocks for hours because…
DetailsSea-Watch tonight assisted to embark 26 people mostly from Iraq that accidentally landed on rocks of south east coast of Lesvos and were stuck there during a night shift.
Nato operation neglects most urgent need: To save human lives “Sea-Watch is strongly questioning announcements of Nato operation in the Aegean Sea assuming that the mission objective is not compatible with our claim as an NGO to provide SAFE PASSAGE and it is to fear that the deployment will aggravate the situation. A possible deployment…
Details17 boats arrived. Two dead people: one child and one woman. We assisted 4 boats from 7:40 am to 1 pm. Boat 1: Sea-Watch assisted Greenpeace International with a sinking boat. We boarded around 15 people, including one baby and one pregnant woman. We then passed them to Frontex who brought them to Molyvos. Boat 2: Engine…
DetailsFinanced by crowdfunding donations Sea-Watch could now afford to buy a bigger and more suitable ship for its missions in 2016. The 33m long „Clupea“ is a former research vessel and is currently refitted into „Sea-Watch 2“ in Hamburg to serve as a rescue vessel off the Libyan coast as soon as possible. The ship…
Details[youtube id=”JGicTfkdr70″] Again many refugee boats arrived on Lesbos today and all NGOs were working at maximum capacity. The boats need to be guided ashore by volunteers to asure a safe landing as most parts of Lesbos’ coast show steep and dangerous rocks.
DetailsA wooden boat capsized right off Lesbos coast. 90 people were rescued, at least 2 dead were found. The number of missing people is unknown. At about 14:30 we were called for emergency assistance and left immediately for the operational area. All available rescue teams were active to search for survivors. On arrival we found…
DetailsWe spotted 2 boats at once, one completely full of water, sinking. We brought the chaotic situation under control and boarded women and children, including one new born and more than 5 toddlers. We handed out isolation blankets and calmed down the panicking people.
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