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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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
The Tragic Reason Why Policies Of Deterring Refugees Will Never Work
In her commentary, Sophie Weidenhiller, spokeswoman of Sea-Eye e. V., explains the error in the isolation policy and its deadly consequences.
SEA-EYE 4 Embarks On Third Rescue Mission
While the formation of a new German federal government is being negotiated in Berlin, civil sea rescue organizations in the Mediterranean continue to fight for every single human life. Six organizations are calling for the future German federal government to drastically change their migration policy.
SEA-EYE 4 Brings Heavily Pregnant Women And Babies To Safety
Strong winds are coming up in the operational area and on board the SEA-EYE 4 there are two heavily pregnant women and four babies. The crew had rescued them from a small wooden boat on Wednesday together with 23 other people. 18 of the rescued people are minors. Now these people need a port of safety quickly.