The wind at the Central Mediterranean Sea has calmed down and the refugee boats are back on the water. At about 6am our crew spotted the first boat, a small wooden fishing boat with about 28 passengers from Egypt, Morocco, and Bangladesh. Directly after we had safely brought the group to the Sea-Watch 2, another…
DetailsA sad occurrence overshadowed the missions of the last days Brandon, medic on the Sea-Watch 2, reports about the death of a young woman who died as she fled yesterday. [youtube id=”hYgxdfXT7Ms” align=”center” mode=”lazyload-lightbox” maxwidth=”1170″]
DetailsYesterday showed once more that sea-rescue cannot be the only solution to the humanitaran crisis in the Mediterranean Sea caused by the EU. Altough we could once again rescue the life of a few hundred people, some of them even from a wooden boat, we had to register numerous deaths. 15 people were stuck under…
DetailsAt 05:45 our lookout discovered a small wooden boat. In good cooperation with the Astral of Proactiva Open Arms the people were taken on board. On the Sea Watch 2 were directly after these mission about 26 persons who are mainly from Bangladesh, including a woman and a child. Shortly after, we discovered a second…
DetailsAmadu fled when he was fifteen. He fled Gambia over Libya to go to Europe, now he is sixteen, turning seventeen. Both parents of Amadu died. Now he only has his two sisters left, they stay strong together, he told Sea Watch. Still in Gambia he learned in a Nursery-Schook. He loved working with people,…
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