July 2025

July 32 iron boats in the Central Med, carrying 60 & 52 people, almost sinking, were ignored by authorities for many hours after alerts from Alarm Phone. Only the sailing boat Garganey VI responded, rescuing the first boat and assisting the second until the Italian Coast Guards eventually arrived.
July 4Frontex spotted a boat in distress, a speedboat, probably a Libyan militia, moved in. Sea-Watch was there first with their rescue boat Aurora and were able to rescue everyone. Everyone arrived safely
in Lampedusa.
NADIR assisted 59 people, after Seabird 3 had spotted the wooden boat in distress. After assessing the situation, the crew quickly embarked all survivors and sailed towards the port of Lampedusa.
July 1050 people were rescued by Louise Michel after an alert launched by Alarm Phone.
July 11The crew of Humanity 1 rescued over 20 people, including unaccompanied minors, from distress at sea.
July 12Ocean Viking rescued 16 survivors in the Libyan search and rescue area (SRR) and received Ravenna as port of disembarkation.
Sea Watch stabilized a boat carrying around 40 people with the boat Aurora and distributed life jackets until the Italian coast guard arrived.
July 14Sea Watch supported about 150 people in distress. After the Alarm phone alerted the NGO to a dinghy in distress, the crew of Aurora immediately set out. On the way, Aurora found another boat.
The situation was stabilized until the Italian coastguard arrived. Meanwhile, the civil sailboat Dakini reached the people in distress that Aurora had been searching for initially. When the crew of Sea
Watch arrived, all the people were taken on board the Aurora.
July 18The crew of Humanity 1 rescued over 40 people who were severely weakened and exhausted after at least five days at sea.
July 28Trotamar III was on its way to Lampedusa on the instructions of the authorities when the crew learned of two distress cases nearby. The crew of the Trotamar III turned around and shortly afterwards encountered an overcrowded blue wooden boat. The crew of the boat accompanied the people towards Lampedusa.
July 31NADIR located a boat at high risk of sinking, after being informed by the plane of Sea Watch. The 36 people had been at sea for 6 days in up to 2m high waves. They reported that over a dozen people had gone overboard. Hours later, the NADIR crew was able to rescue 12 more survivors from the water. 3 people are believed to be still missing. Right after, the crew of Tromatar III joined the search while European authorities remained inactive.