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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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
Mission Lifeline delivers urgently needed aid to SEA-EYE 4
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.
Sea-Eye And Mission Lifeline Rescue Another 400 People From Large Wooden Boat
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.
Sea-Eye And Mission Lifeline Collaborate To Rescue 325 People
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.