The European Union has dedicated itself to keeping migrants at arm’s length – whatever the price. The central Mediterranean is the setting for this policy of isolation, which has already claimed the lives of 1,808 people this year alone. Without civil sea rescue organisations like Sea-Watch, the death toll at the borders of Europe would…
DetailsHow do Sea-Watch activists prepare for a mission? Media coordinator Theresa tried to find out – and discovered all sorts of answers. One thing is for sure: you can never be fully prepared for the uncertainty of a humanitarian crisis at sea… This is what a sailor’s suitcase looks like: Peter, the mechanic, has…
DetailsFür eine Minute soll es totenstill werden vor dem Berliner Hauptbahnhof. In sechs Tagen werden wir der mehr als 10.000 Menschen gedenken, die in den letzten drei Jahren auf ihrer Flucht nach Europa ums Leben gekommen sind. Gemeinsam mit einem breiten Bündnis von kirchlichen und nichtkirchlichen Organisationen stehen wir auf gegen das Sterben im Mittelmeer: Am…
DetailsSea-Watch has demanded of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to extend the ongoing investigation of human rights violations in Libya to the activities of the Libyan Coast Guard. Most concerning is the forced return of migrants to Libya, documented by Sea-Watch yet again in an incident last week which constitutes a violation…
DetailsThe real disaster is not that we save lives in the Mediterranean, but that there are not enough state ships to save people from drowning, said Axel Grafmanns, Managing Director of Sea-Watch, on May 10th 2017 before the defense committee of the Italian Senate: “I grew up in the former German Democratic Republic, so I…
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