Lesbos update 14th January 2016: Today was a busy day
Five of them were guided by Sea-Watch, two needed to be towed due to engine failure, one boat was sinking at arrival. Each boat was totally overcrowded with about 50 people.
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Sea-Watch buys new ship for SAR missions
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…
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Lesbos update 11th January 2016: Guiding a refugee boat to shore
[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.
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2. Status-Update 16.12.2015: Mass Man-Over-Bord off Lesbos.
A 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…
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Status-Update 16.12.2015: Emergency mission on Lesbos.
We 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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