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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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 And MOAS Begin Close Collaboration
Starting in 2021, MOAS and Sea-Eye will conduct joint rescue missions. This is a big step for both organizations. Personnel, technical and financial resources will be combined to achieve one goal: to save more lives together.
United4Rescue and Sea-Eye present new alliance-ship SEA-EYE 4
Our fourth rescue ship is the biggest challenge in our five-year association history. But we have strong partners on our side. Currently, over 200 volunteers are converting the SEA-EYE 4 into a rescue ship.
UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe, German partner of UNHCR, supports Sea-Eye
Sea-Eye is in the largest project in its history and is now receiving support from the UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe, German partner of UNHCR, to equip GHALIB KURDI’s onboard hospital. At the right time, because work on the new rescue ship is in full swing.