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.
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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Disappeared at Sea: Italy’s complicity in the 11th July Tunisian Interception
On the evening of the 11th of July, 27 people arrived at the Favaloro pier in Lampedusa. The 27 survivors told us about their journey towards Europe. We tried to reconstruct what happened to them, amplifying their testimonies to accuse…
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Commemoraction: Families of missing from Senegal and Tunisia went to Cameroon
April 2025 Feric lost his brother in the massacre of Tarajal 2014. Together with other family members he founded an association in Douala, Cameroon where many of the victims had been born. In a meeting at the 10th anniversary of…
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Memory as Resistance: A week of actions in Palermo
Mem.Med – Memoria Mediterranea is a grassroots initiative, a project born to recover the memory of the missing, support grieving families, and challenge the violence of European border policies. The project aims to accompany relatives through the process of searching…
