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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 Because European states have withdrawn from their responsibility, Sea-Eye pays attention and protects the right to life.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 4 brings 51 people to safety and continues its mission
After the rescued people were able to safely leave the ship on Friday, the Italian coast guard carried out a nine-hour port state control the next day. Despite the intensive control, no reasons for detention could be found.
SEA-EYE 4 rescues 51 people from distress at sea
While the crew of the SEA-EYE 4 rescued people in the Mediterranean for the first time with substantial support from the German government, the German Bundestag is debating the issue of sea rescue in the Mediterranean.
SEA-EYE 4 starts fourth mission with broad support
On Friday afternoon, the SEA-EYE 4 left the port of Burriana and set off on its fourth mission of the year. It is the first mission to be partly financed by federal funds. However, a broad alliance is involved in the overall financing of the mission.