December 3 Humanity 1 crew rescues over 80 people including unaccompanied minors from distress at sea. The weather makes the rescue a challenge for our crew. The crew activates a medical emergency plan due to the critical condition of survivors.…
November 6 Ocean Viking performs the rescue of 140 people, incl. 5 women & 4 children, from a double-decker wooden boat in the international waters off Libya. In the afternoon, the crew of Ocean Viking carries out a second rescue…
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…
It is around 11 p.m and we are getting ready for the night shift, which will start at midnight. Five cases are open. A sixth appears, a bit after midnight. A relative is missing a friend who set out from…
September 1 Nadir assists an overcrowded wooden boat with 61 people in distress. The people have been on the water for 2 days. All are brought to Lampedusa by the Italian coast guard. September 2 Nadir finds a fibreglass boat…
Picture MSF Sea @MSF_Sea August 2024 August 1 Nadir rescues 27 people who had been in distress at sea for 3 days. Many have burns from the toxic fuel-saltwater-mix. All survivors disembark safely in Lampedusa (1). Ocean Viking spots…
July 1 The crew of Louise Michel assists 36 people, including 17 unaccompanied minors, from an unseaworthy rubber boat in distress (1). July 5 The crew of Humanity1 rescues 291 people from 3 boats in distress with the support of…
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…
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…
April 4 While Mare Jonio is conducting a rescue of a case alerted by AlarmPhone the Libyan Coast Guard violently intervenes, maneuvering recklessly near the operation, firing shots first into the air, then near one of MJ’s RHIBs. 56 people…
March 2 Humanity 1 rescues 77 people from three boats spotted by Seabird. During the rescue, the Libyan CG violently intervened, firing live ammunition into the water near people, some of whom jumped into the water, and threatening the crew…
1 February Humanity 1 spots an overcrowded wooden boat with 64 people. Survivors are brought on board and the distant port of Marina di Carrara, 1.200 kilometers away, is assigned. The NGO vessel notified relevant authorities of distress case, including…
