over 70
completed missions
over 17000
lives saved
over 1000
crew members
over 800
association members
About Sea-Eye e. V.
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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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.
What we do
Save lives
- Observe and document human rights abuses
- Distribute life vests for people in distress at sea and evacuate them
- Provide care for injured people at our sick bay
- Bring saved people to safety
- Adhere to the international rules of sea rescues
- Inform about the situation in the Mediterranean
Support our mission in the Mediterranean
Help saving lives with a donation
We would like to thank all our supporters
Special thanks to:
“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 –
Our partners
Together against the loss of life at sea
Rescue ship SEA-EYE 4 detained in Vibo Valentia
The SEA-EYE 4 is again punished with an administrative detention of 20 days and a fine of around 3,000 euros. The Italian coastguard accused the crew of disobeying instructions from the so-called Libyan coastguard. According to an expert, the sanctions have no basis in international law.
48 survivors aboard the SEA-EYE 4 reach Vibo Valentia
On Sunday evening, all 48 survivors, including 32 men, 13 women, one child and two babies, were able to disembark from the SEA-EYE 4 in Vibo Valentia. The four bodies of the people who had not survived the dramatic rescue operation were handed over to the Italian authorities.
Pregnant woman fights for her life on SEA-EYE 4 – Italy sends no help
On Friday morning, our crew rescued 49 people from a rubber boat and straigt from the water in a severe operation. The so-called Libyan coast guard had previously disturbed the operation in such a way that several people fell into the water.