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After rescuing 163 people with SEA-EYE 4: joint operation ends

After several weeks of joint rescue operation, the crew of Sea-Watch, Sea-Eye, and Mediterranea Saving Humans are now parting ways again. We set off into the search and rescue zone twice and rescued a total of 163 people from unseaworthy boats in several rescues. High waves, deep night: In the early morning of March 8,…

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Sea Rescue Organizations ready to join Cutro Shipwreck Trial

The sea rescue organizations EMERGENCY, Louise Michel, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Sea-Watch, SOS Humanity, and SOS MEDITERRANEE, are ready to join the criminal trial in the Cutro shipwreck to act as a civil party. The trial seeks justice for the shipwreck that occurred off the coast of Calabria, Italy, on February 25-26 2023. The alliance calls…

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Aurora rescue ship saves people from gas platform

This afternoon, the Sea-Watch rescue vessel Aurora rescued 32 people from the Miskar gas platform in the central Mediterranean, where they had been stranded since Saturday, 1 March 2025. Despite the imminent emergency, the informed European authorities had not initiated rescue operations, even though the people were stranded in international waters on the border of…

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Saving human lives is a priority

On Saturday, March 1 2025, the Watch The Med Alarm Phone network issued an alert concerning a serious case of distress: 32 people were reported to be on the Tunisian gas platform MISKAR, located in the Gulf of Gabès, in international waters and in the Maltese SAR zone. The people reported to Alarm phone that…

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Joint rescue: 41 people on board the SEA-EYE 4

On the night of 22 February, we brought 41 people safely on board the SEA-EYE 4. They had been traveling on an overcrowded boat in high waves. The Italian authorities directed us to the harbor in Naples, and the crossing there took three days. After rescuing 41 people on Saturday night, we spent almost three…

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Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch launch joint rescue operation

The sea rescue organizations Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch have launched a joint rescue operation in the central Mediterranean. With the rescue ship Sea-Eye 4, a crew of 28 members of both organizations is on its way to one of the deadliest borders in the world. One week before the German parliamentary elections, the two German organizations…

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Spy attacks on human rights activists

Recent reports have revealed that several activists and journalists critical of Italy’s migration policies have been targeted with advanced spyware. Notably, human rights advocate David Yambio, civil search and rescue organizer Luca Casarini, and Libyan activist Husam El Gomati received notifications from tech companies like Apple and WhatsApp, alerting them to potential spyware attacks. The…

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Sea-Watch challenges German border controls

The sea rescue organization Sea-Watch is initiating legal action against German border controls. With the renewed extension of controls since September 2024 and the latest proposals by CDU chairman Friedrich Merz, Sea-Watch believes that not only central principles of the European Union but also fundamental human rights have been violated. The organization is, therefore, calling…

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