This factsheet outlines a summary of distress cases witnessed in October 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews with their aircraft Seabird*. In October 2021 we conducted 9 operations, with a total flight time of 55 hours and 09 minutes. We spotted at least 892 persons in distress, aboard 17 different boats. Download Full Report Overview of boats in distress…
DetailsSea-Watch 3, which left for its Christmas operation only yesterday evening, was able to rescue 93 people from a wooden boat in distress today. Last week alone, at least 160 people drowned off the coast of Libya while trying to escape. In the early morning of Dec. 24, 2021, the crew of Sea-Watch 3 sighted…
DetailsThe conditions for people fleeing Libya are intolerable. Serious human rights violations have been thoroughly documented and evidenced for years by civil society, human rights organisations, intergovernmental organisations as well as refugees themselves. Since October 2nd, 2021, after Libyan police and military units carried out a large-scale crackdown and arbitrarily arrested thousands of people and…
DetailsNovember 2018, a courtroom in Brussels. The defendants: eleven people, most with a migration background. Their crime: solidarity. The verdict: guilty. Since 2017, a trial has been ongoing in Belgium against eleven people accused of human trafficking and participation in a criminal organisation. Among the accused are journalists and social workers who opened their homes…
DetailsThis factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed in September 2021 by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crews with their two aircraft Moonbird and Seabird. In September 2021 we conducted 11 operations, with a total flight time of 66 hours and 46 minutes. We spotted 460 persons in distress aboard 10 different boats. Download Full Report Overview of…
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