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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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
More than 400 rescued people of the SEA-EYE 4 go ashore in Pozzallo
The more than 400 people on board the SEA-EYE 4 will go ashore in Pozzallo today. The disembarkation is accompanied by racist comments of the official forces on site. Already on Wednesday, Italy harassed those rescued by assigning them a port of safety two days away.
SEA-EYE 4 rescued over 400 people on its first rescue mission
After our crew carried out 6 rescues in short succession, there are now over 400 people on board the SEA-EYE 4. We have summarized the events of the last 3 days and explain what role Frontex and the so-called Libyan Coast Guard have played in this.
On the way to save lives
Yesterday our new rescue ship SEA-EYE 4 left for the operational area. But yesterday Italy also detained the rescue ship SEA-WATCH 4 again. Drowned people have been part of the EU’s migration policy for years. We will do everything we can to save as many people as possible from the EU’s crosshairs.