SEA-EYE 5: 78 refugees go ashore in Pozzallo
At noon on Thursday the all-weather lifeboat SEA-EYE 5 brought a total of 78 survivors from two separate distress cases at sea that had occurred off Lampedusa to safety in Pozzallo, Sicily.
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Many distress cases off Lampedusa: SEA-EYE 5 rescues 110 people
The crew of the new alliance ship SEA-EYE 5 rescued 110 people off Lampedusa in three operations between Tuesday and Wednesday. There have been several maritime emergencies off the Mediterranean island since Tuesday morning.
“For the EU, the many deaths are part of a brutal calculus of deterrence”
On the 10th anniversary of the end of the Italian maritime operation Mare Nostrum, Sea-Eye calls for a state rescue operation in the Mediterranean.
New alliance ship SEA-EYE 5 rescues people from distress at sea for the first time
On Tuesday afternoon, the crew received a report of an emergency at sea in the operational area off Lampedusa. When the crew found the overcrowded wooden boat, it was drifting in the waves with its engine failed and unable to navigate.
20 years of Frontex: “We don’t need an organisation whose main objective is to prevent migration”.
We spoke to Frontex expert Matthias Monroy about what the founding of Frontex in 2004 meant for people seeking protection and how the agency’s goals and priorities have shifted over the past two decades.
All-weather lifeboat SEA-EYE 5 starts its first Mediterranean mission
At the start of the mission, the crew held a minute’s silence in memory of the dead and missing in the Mediterranean.
Dramatic night rescue operation for the rescue ship SEA-EYE 4
On Tuesday afternoon, the SEA-EYE 4 received a distress call. When the crew found the boat, they discovered two bodies on the lower deck of the two-storey boat. In the hours that followed, the medical team fought for the lives of four other emergency patients.
SEA-EYE 4 embarks on its first mission of the year
The rescue ship left the Spanish port of Burriana on Friday morning. The ship received support from municipalities, which are financially backing the mission.
SEA-EYE 4 starts its mission shortly before Christmas
The very next day, after the SEA-EYE 4 had brought 26 people to safety in Italy, the rescue ship set sail again to continue searching for people in acute mortal danger over the Christmas days.
Rescue ship SEA-EYE 4 departs on last mission of the year
While the crew of the SEA-EYE 4 is on its way to the operational area, the German Bundestag is discussing the so-called Repatriation Improvement Act. It provides for an amendment to Section 96 of the Residence Act. A new legal opinion expressly warns of the danger of criminalising civilian sea rescuers through the draft law presented by the Federal Ministry of the Interior.