Financed 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.
DetailsCourse of the Sea-Watch Rescue – 15.12.2015 Fairly heavy waves in the morning. We found three boats, the first one was running full of water. In cooperation with Proactiva Open Arms we guided them safely to Chapel Beach. On the third boat, very close to the Turkish mainland, the motor was not working because they…
DetailsSince the beginning of the week our RIB is finally ready to operate from the harbour of Molyvos, Lesbos. We submitted our official papers to the coast guard. And we have already started to build up a functioning network of volunteers and other organizations, such as the Spanish rescuers of ProActiva Open Arms.
The night is pitch black, we can barely see anything. We can hear the sound of a boat’s motor coming closer. Only moments before it passes by just a few meters away, we can see the small black rubber raft, crowded with refugees.
On October 13 at midday the Sea-Watch Team gathered in Berlin on the shore of the Spree, the river crossing the city, right in front of the German Bundestag. That is the building where all relevant political decisions are taken, as the ones that recently have been remodeling the German policy with regards to immigration.…
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