Coordination and documentation platform for people in distress at sea
The Civil MRCC aims to contribute towards creating a network of solidarity in support of people on the move. It supports the fleet of NGOs that have assisted and brought to safety tens of thousands of people since 2014. This was done through maritime rescues carried out by NGO ships, aerial monitoring flights with civil aircrafts, as well as through the Alarm Phone hotline.
Map available for download here.
As a growing network of solidarity gathering different non-governmental actors and individuals with Search and Rescue (SAR) experience in the Mediterranean, the CMRCC:
- Endeavours to hold coastal states accountable for their duty to coordinate search and rescue activities in compliance with human rights principles, and to support ship-masters engaged in sea rescue operations
- Facilitates and improves an effective cooperation and communication between the different non-state actors engaged in SAR operations at sea
- Gathers data and information on cases of distress in the Central Mediterranean area, in order to raise public awareness and support advocacy efforts and research
➜ About us
Echoes from the Central Mediterranean
“Echoes” is a critical review between 20 and 30 pages long, published every two months, addressing actors of solidarity at sea as well as any person interested in border struggles. In Echoes, significant aspects of SAR in the Central Mediterranean are reflected upon, actual topics discussed, analysis and research presented, and the self-organized struggles of refugees and migrants highlighted.
Latest News
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JUNE 2024
June 7 Geo Barent rescues a fiberglass boat with 37 people in the Libyan SAR. They then respond to an AlarmPhone alert and rescue an additional 109 people in an unseaworthy rubber boat. The distant port of Civitavecchia is assigned…
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MAY 2024
May 1 Geo Barents rescues 52 people from a wooden boat alerted by AlarmPhone. Among the rescued are a dozen unaccompanied teenagers (1). May 3 Life Support rescues a group of 87 people alerted by and Pilotes Volontaires (2). May…
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SHIPWRECK – 22 SURVIVORS, 9 BODIES, 15 MISSING
Wednesday, April 10th – Favaloro Pier at 9 p.m. Testimony from a Maldusa activist That evening, in many parts of the world Eid, the end of Ramadan, was being celebrated. Even in Lampedusa, among those who are not Muslims, there…
