Nothing runs smoothly without Welf, Sea-Watch’s head of logistics Can you really make a difference? With such a tiny ship? Is this really the right way of going about it? Welf Seyer was sceptical when he first read about Sea-Watch in a newspaper in 2015. Later, he heard that the project needed logistical and technical…
DetailsAs individual organisations, the attendees have come together in Brussels with the support of MEP Miguel Urban because of the on-going humanitarian crisis on Europe’s southern borders, and the Search and Rescue (SAR) NGOs on-going essential efforts to save life at sea. The main focus has been the understanding and agreeing of the means and…
DetailsLast week, another shipwreck occurred in the central Mediterranean. The tragedy with over 200 presumed dead occurred precisely at a time when no civilian sea-rescuers were present in the area. Due to a lack of support by the European Union, they had to transfer rescued people to Italy themselves. “This tragedy was predictably. The EU…
DetailsThe start of the Sea-Watch rescue mission has been dramatic: In fact, on the first day of operations in 2017, the crew of Sea-Watch 2 saved around 300 people on several cramped rubber boats, which were sinking. Ship and crew were operating at their absolute capacity. Adding to this, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC)…
DetailsFactsheet on the first anniversary of a dirty deal March 18, 2017 The EU-Turkey Deal forces migrants to use increasingly dangerous routes. On Saturday, 200 people have arrived on the Greek islands via the Aegean Sea. They had to be rescued soaking wet and in the middle of the night. Sea-Watch activist Philipp Hahn has…
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