April 2025

  April 3During the night, the crew of Humanity1 rescues about 90 people (1). The crew is on the way to another distress case when they discover an unseaworthy wooden boat with around 50 people. Everyone can be brought on board the Humanity 1. The originally targeted boat is an unseaworthy iron boat, which in the meantime is sheltered by a tanker. The approximately 40 people on board can also be rescued. Alarm Phone was in touch with one of the boats.
April 5The Aita Mari rescues 108 people in the central Mediterranean. They were located on two boats in serious danger, including 13 women and 13 children (2).
April 13Alarm Phone informs about around 67 people in distress off Tunisia. After alerting all authorities to the severe distress at 8:30 am, hours of non-assistance pass. Despite being only 40 miles off Tunisia and 50 miles off Lampedusa, it is thanks only to the Civil Fleet and Aurora that the people are brought to safety.
April 20Extreme swell, pitch black night, dehydrated people: On Easter Sunday, the SEAEYE5 receives a distress call via Alarm Phone: 76 people in a double-decker wooden boat. After more than 3 hours of hard work, the crew brings all the survivors on board after midnight (3).
April 22The Nadir rescues 92 people from two boats in distress. One of them was reported missing for 4 days. After Alarm Phone reported about a boat in distress, in the night the crew  finds  the 50 people on a wooden boat and evacuates everyone onto Nadir. On their way to Lampedusa, they find another boat in distress. It turns out to be an iron boat Nadir was searching for before the storm hit. The iron boat with 42 people on board was missing since the weekend.
April 26Early morning, Ocean Viking spots a white overcrowded fiberglass boat. 59 survivors are taken on board.
April 27Ocean Viking rescues 67 people on a boat in distress at imminent risk of capsizing.
April 28Following an Alarm Phone alert, Aurora supports two boats in distress. The crew provides life jackets & food until the Italian coastguard takes everyone on board. One medical case is evacuated by the Aurora crew to Lampedusa.