December 1 Upon disembarkation of the 85 survivors, Humanity 1 was placed under detention by Italian authorities under the Piantedosi decree, who accused crew from failing to coordinate with Libyan authorities. AlarmPhone alerted a distress case of 26 people aboard…
November 1 Trottamar III rescued 16 people from a rubber boat. Survivors were disembarked in Lampedusa. November 2 Mare Jonio rescued 37 people who were on an overcrowded fiberglass vessel at risk of sinking in international waters in a Libyan-controlled…
Over the past three months, the central Mediterranean has once again exposed a stark conflict: on one side, people on the move fighting for their freedom of movement and civilian actors attempting to prevent deaths at sea; on the other,…
For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights will examine a state’s failure to hand over a suspect wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A sub-Saharan survivor of torture in Libya has filed an application against Italy…
October 4 The crew of Humanity 1 rescued 41 people who had been in distress at sea for more than four days in an overcrowded rubber dinghy. October 6 The Sea-Watch 5 crew rescued 79 people who were left to…
This section documents the deaths and disappearances along the Central Mediterranean, while recognizing that countless shipwrecks remain invisible, boats that vanished without a trace. Behind every number lies a name, a story, and a family torn apart by the border…
September 2 41 people were stranded at sea for 6 days on the merchant vessel Maridive 208 and no European country intervened. On September 2nd, the Aurora crew rescued them. 7 persons remain missing. September 6 The Sea-Watch vessel Aurora…
August 2 Ocean Viking received an alert from Seabird, the aircraft of Sea Watch regarding a distressed vesselwith 37 people on board in international waters in the Libyan SRR. After receiving approval toproceed from the competent authorities, Ocean Viking rescued…
July 3 2 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…
Brussels, 5 November 2025: After years of escalating human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 search and rescue organisations are taking a decisive stand: They are founding a new alliance and are suspending…
