1 January Alarm Phone forwards a distress case to authorities and NGO‘s. With the help of Colibri 2 (Pilotes Volontaires) the Geo Barents (Médecins Sans Frontières) is the only ship which responds and rescues the 44 people (1). 2 January…
3 November The Rise Above (Mission Lifeline) embarks 95 people from 3 different boats which had departed from Tunisia. The smaller vessel directly requests a Port of Safety in Italy and joins ongoing standoffs being engaged in by the vessels…
4 December Patrolling off the Libyan coast, the Geo Barents rescues 74 people who were travelling in a rubber boat. On the same day, the Louise Michel spots a rubber boat carrying 103 people and assists the group until the…
2 September The sailing vessel Nadir (RESQSHIP) spots and assists a wooden boat in distress and alerts authorities and NGOs nearby. The Sea-Eye 4 (Sea-Eye) responds first and rescues the 76 people. 6 September Alerted by Alarm Phone, the Rise…
4 October After the disembarkation of previously rescued people in Lampedusa, Louise Michel rescues another boat in distress carrying 48 people which had previously reached out to Alarm Phone. 8 October The Nadir finds and assists 18 people in distress…
6 August The vessel Astral (Proactiva Open Arms) assists 2 boats underway to Lampedusa. One of these boats is found with the air support of Seabird 1. 8 August After an alert from the Alarm Phone, Seabird 1 is able…
For July the CMRCC counted a minimum of 158 boats departing from Libya. 72 of these arrived autonomously or with support through the Alarm Phone hotline, while 32 boats were rescued by the civil fleet. For the route from Tunisia…
Alarm Phone received 57 distress calls from Libya. 22 of these have been rescued by NGO vessels (Sea Watch 3, Sea Watch 4, Mare Jonio, Imara, Sea Eye 4, Aita Mari, Nadir, Louise Michel, Ocean Viking, Geo Barents), 13 got…
May was a very busy month for Alarm Phone (AP) and the Civil Fleet. AP has been alerted by 59 boats departing Libya. One boat contacting AP was on its way from Turkey to Sicily. We know about 112 boats…
