In 24 hours, the SEA-EYE 4 received three distress calls. She was only able to come to the aid of one boat. One boat is missing. The people on another boat were forcibly pulled back to the civil war.
In 4 meter high waves, Captain Vasyl Maksymenko and the crew of his container ship rescued refugees from a wooden boat who had already spent 3 days at sea. But that’s not all: After the rescue operation, the captain and his crew fill the Geneva Refugee Convention with life.
On board the SEA-EYE 4, Monique told her harrowing story to our crew member Fiona just before Christmas. It gives us an insight into the fate of the young woman, the dangers on the flight as well as the hell in Libya.
Disembarkation expected for Christmas Eve. Many of the rescued people had to receive medical treatment aboard and they are going to continue to need medical care on land.
Since the SEA-EYE 4 arrived in the Maltese search and rescue zone on Thursday, numerous reports of boats in distress reached the rescue ship. While the crew carried out several rescue missions, Malta did not perform its duty of sea rescue.
On Saturday afternoon the rescue ship SEA-EYE 4 set out on its fourth rescue mission. The departure was largely made possible by the sea rescue alliance United4Rescue.
After so many hard hours of waiting, good news finally reached us from Rome. But some of the guests are already spending their fifth night on board.
The more than 800 people have been waiting for a safe port for 2 days. Now a relief supplies by the RISE ABOVE became necessary. Many people already had to be medically treated on board.
Thursday night saw another dramatic rescue of more than 400 people from a heavily overcrowded wooden boat. There are now more than 800 people on the SEA-EYE 4, which has since set course for Lampedusa.
The crews of SEA-EYE 4 and RISE ABOVE have been working together tirelessly since the early morning hours. Together, they were able to save 325 lives in 5 rescue operations. 152 children were among the survivors.