Live from the Sea-Watch 2: Our guests on board 07:00 pm After one mission in the morning there seems to be no open case in our surrounding area. Crew is whipping the ship into shape and is finally having some rest after days of exhausting work. Despite all terrible incidents of the past days we want…
Month: May 2016
Live from the Sea-Watch 2: Two days continuously in operation – Several deaths in the mission area
Live 7:00pm We are still assisting the recovery of dead bodies that are meanwhile scattered in a wide area due to the wave movements. Doctor Thomas Lenzen is giving a statement about the disastrous happenings of this mission day. (In German) https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fseawatchprojekt%2Fvideos%2F1722414734643267%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Live 1:00pm Our crew just reached the scenery of a capsized wooden boat…
Sea-Watch 2 Live: Experiencing the greatest tragody in the Mediterranean Sea
Live 2:30 pm We are today experiencing the greatest tragody in the Mediterranean Sea in all times. Operational area is full of boats, 16 are confirmed, 3 boats have already capsized, many dead. Sea-Watch 2 is currently involved in 2 cases, one stable rubber boat with 115 people aboard and one sunk boat we are attending to…
May 24th 2016: The Sea-Watch 2 spot and rescues 131 people from distress
Mission report May 24th 2016 We could today spot a refugee boat that was not able to set off a distress call on its own and was therefore drifting into death off the Libyan coast. Aboard 131 people including 50 women, 1 pregnant and 15 children. One child needed to be treated by our medical…
May 11th 2016: Sea-Watch rescued more than 200 lives
In the morning: Two distress calls reached us, one rubber boat is in sight. The speed boat is already on its way. There are no other ships in the area that could possibly perform rescue. Mission report May 11th 2016 We could today respond to two distress cases north of Libya: Boat 1: Approx. 115 people including…
Sea-Watch in the Aegean Sea: Monitoring and ERT
Since deal between Turkey and EU was concluded end of March and the systematic deportation of refugees back to Turkey has been enforced, the number of refugee arrivals on Aegean Islands has dropped dramatically. Sea-Watch therefore decided on pausing our mission in the Aegean. We will however monitor the region vigorously within the framework of…
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