This factsheet presents a summary of distress cases witnessed by Sea-Watch’s Airborne crew from the aircraft Moonbird.* From November 2020 to January 2021, primarily due to bad weather in the Central Mediterranean Sea, we flew only 16 missions with a total flight time of 73 hours and 22 minutes. We spotted around 165 persons in…
Oltre 785 milioni spesi dall’Italia per sostenere un accordo che, senza fermare le morti in mare, ha consentito il respingimento in Libia di 50 mila persone, di cui 12 mila solo nel 2020. Nell’anniversario della firma del Memorandum, l’appello al Parlamento di ASGI, Emergency, Medici Senza Frontiere, Mediterranea, Oxfam e Sea-Watch, per un’immediata revoca degli…
On 6 November, 2017, the so-called Libyan Coast Guard caused the death of at least 20 people through the violent intervention against a boat in distress. The Sea-Watch 3 is witnessing the incident live at that time and tries to calm down the chaotic situation while dozens of people are already in the water. Our…
Il 6 novembre 2017, 50 persone persero la vita in un naufragio a 30 miglia dalle coste libiche. Mentre 47 fra i sopravvissuti furono respinti illegalmente in Libia, #SeaWatch3 riuscì a portare in salvo 58 persone, fra cui Giwa. Nel terzo anniversario di quella strage, abbiamo raccolto la sua testimonianza insieme a quella di Gennaro, mediatore…
#CrimesOfMalta: Malta delays the rescue of 63 people in imminent life-threatening danger by a whole night. 16.07. – 17.07.2020: “We are dying, we are dying! Nobody is helping us, there is just sea! Please help, help, help!” The people on board the boat in distress called the Watch The Med – Alarmphone in panic at…