[youtube id=”zDvX8GprCFw” align=”right” mode=”lazyload-lightbox” autoplay=”no” grow=”yes”] Today again many boats were leaving to Lesbos from Turkish mainland. Three of them were accompanied by Sea-Watch. One boat was already sinking at our arrival which forced us to immediately take people on board. Women and children were transferred to our RHIB, other passengers were taken by Proactiva…
DetailsSince the beginning of the week our RIB is finally ready to operate from the harbour of Molyvos, Lesbos. We submitted our official papers to the coast guard. And we have already started to build up a functioning network of volunteers and other organizations, such as the Spanish rescuers of ProActiva Open Arms.
The night is pitch black, we can barely see anything. We can hear the sound of a boat’s motor coming closer. Only moments before it passes by just a few meters away, we can see the small black rubber raft, crowded with refugees.
On October 13 at midday the Sea-Watch Team gathered in Berlin on the shore of the Spree, the river crossing the city, right in front of the German Bundestag. That is the building where all relevant political decisions are taken, as the ones that recently have been remodeling the German policy with regards to immigration.…
DetailsThe arrival of the MS “Sea Watch” in Lampedusa. (Pictures copyrighted by Daniel Shepherd – Sea Watch)
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