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Association for the rescue of fleeing people in the central Mediterranean
Sea-Eye rescues fleeing people from unseaworthy boats in the Mediterranean. We look for helpless people in distress at sea, and fight against the daily loss of life there. Our activity is an answer to the failed migration policies of the European Union, which is denying its responsibility for the thousands of deaths in its immediate proximity.
With our rescue missions, we fill a gap in the search and rescue activity on the Mediterranean Sea to save as many people as possible from drowning. Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.
We are a non-profit association, which is religiously and politically independent. Our work is exclusively financed through donations.
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“It is a fundamental commandment of Christian seafaring to save people from distress. In Hamburg and Lubeck, those traditional harbour cities, this is fortunately still a common good. Let us make this the standard again Europe-wide!”
– Bishop Kirsten Fehrs –
“Neighborly love means for us that, no matter where people come from, what ancestry they have, which skin colour they have, which religion they belong to, we welcome them here with open arms and do not leave them to die miserably in the Mediterranean.”
– Revolverheld –
Together against the loss of life at sea
SEA-EYE 4 hurries into the mission area in rough seas
The SEA-EYE 4 departed from Burriana on Wednesday for the sixth and final rescue mission in 2022. It is unclear how many rescue missions will be possible in 2023.
SEA-EYE 4 brings 129 rescued people to safety in Taranto
As the fifth rescue in 2022 comes to an end, it is uncertain when the next missions can start. Increased prices and a drop in donations are creating major challenges for Sea-Eye. Now a donation-doubling campaign is helping.
129 rescued people aboard SEA-EYE 4 need port of safety
Over the past few days, the crew has been intensively searching for 82 people in distress at sea. Unfortunately, they received no support from the rescue control center in Malta. The fate of the people remains unclear.