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.
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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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October 2024
October 2 Thanks to information from Seabird, the Nadir was able to find a rubber dinghy with 43 people. As water was already entering, everyone was evacuated to the Nadir. The crew then continued the search with Trotamar III coordinated…
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The Comoros route: a graveyard in the Indian Ocean
The Central Mediterranean route is considered as the world’s most deadly maritime route, but there is another route that is little known, but just as lethal: the Comoros route, which since the mid-1990s has transformed the northern Mozambique Channel into a…
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REQUEST TO THE ICC PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN TUNISIA
Attacks on black African migrants On 24 September 2024, a request was submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by lawyers acting for family members of detained Tunisian opposition politicians Rached Ghannouchi, Said Ferjani, Ghazi Chaouachi, Chaima Issa, Noureddine Bhiri,…
