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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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 saves 84 lives
The SEA-EYE 4 rescued 84 more people from distress at sea during its first mission of the year on Thursday. The so-called Libyan coastguard, which was acting aggressively, targeted SEA-EYE 4’s rescue boat with weapons.
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.