Live from Lesvos Feburary 17th 2016
Sea-Watch tonight assisted to embark 26 people mostly from Iraq that accidentally landed on rocks of south east coast of Lesvos and were stuck there during a night shift.
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Sea-Watch is critically assessing Nato efforts in the Aegean Sea
Nato operation neglects most urgent need: To save human lives “Sea-Watch is strongly questioning announcements of Nato operation in the Aegean Sea assuming that the mission objective is not compatible with our claim as an NGO to provide SAFE PASSAGE and it is to fear that the deployment will aggravate the situation. A possible deployment…
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Lesbos update 20th January 2016: Live from Skala Sikamineas, Lesbos. Sea-watch crew there on stand-by.
17 boats arrived. Two dead people: one child and one woman. We assisted 4 boats from 7:40 am to 1 pm. Boat 1: Sea-Watch assisted Greenpeace International with a sinking boat. We boarded around 15 people, including one baby and one pregnant woman. We then passed them to Frontex who brought them to Molyvos. Boat 2: Engine…
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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.
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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