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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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
Attempted suicide aboard the ALAN KURDI after ten days of blockade
What happens when people are crammed onto a ship for several days under the most adverse conditions and extremely confined space? This experiment is currently being carried out by the EU member states on the ALAN KURDI. The situation is dramatic and is getting increasingly worse.
Dozens Suspected Drowned At Sea
The situation on the ALAN KURDI remains bad for the people saved. Our on-board doctor documents signs of torture from incarceration in Libyan camps. At least, there is now a proposal for a solution for the ALAN KURDI.
Easter Sunday: Still No Protection for 149 People After 7 Days
149 people have been waiting for 7 days on board the ALAN KURDI and still no European solution. Anna, first officer of ALAN KURDI, and Josefin, part of our medical team, report from board.