October 2025
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…
Category Diary of cooperation at sea
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September 2025
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 2025
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 2025
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…
MV Bobic case – Deadly Failure of Rescue Coordination in the Central Mediterranean
Report by SOS Mediterranee and Alarm Phone, 27th of June, 2025 On the morning of Saturday, May 24, civil network Alarm Phone alerted authorities to two overcrowded wooden boats in distress in the Libyan Search and Rescue Region (SRR). Both…
June 2025
June 1 14 people safely on board Louise Michel after crew spotts a fibreglass boat. On approach, people suddenly start jumping into the water. Crew is able to rescue all 14 people from the water. (1) June 4 …
May 2025
May 3 Aurora rescues 71 people from an unseaworthy rubber boat with the assistance of Seabird 3 and safely disembarks them in Lampedusa. May 5 The crew of Ocean Viking rescues 2 separate boats in the Libyan…
Miskar case: people on the move and the Civil fleet fighting side by side for 4 days
For 4 days, a group of 32 people who had set sail from Zuwara fought for their right to freedom of movement. After landing on a gas platform (in international waters and overlapping Maltese and Tunisian SAR zones) under Tunisian…
April 2025
April 3 During the night, the crew of Humanity1 rescues about 90 people (1). The crew is on the way to another distress case when they discover an unseaworthy wooden boat with around 50 people. Everyone can be brought…
March 2025
March 1 The aircraft Seabird and Alarm Phone warns from the danger of an illegal pullback to Tunisia: 32 people in distress prior seen by Frontex are stuck on Miskar oil platform in international waters. Actors of the civil…
February 2025
February 18 After reaching out to Alarm Phone, 55 people are rescued by Sailing for Blue Lab vessel Nihayet Garnagey VI. All people are brought safely to Lampedusa. After a delay of almost 14 hours by the Italian coast guards,…
January 2025
January 6 Resq People rescues two groups of people traveling on two different boats, including 4 minors in the group. One of the boats had reached out to Alarm Phone. January 9 67 people, including an 8-month pregnant woman are…
