| 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 a rubber dinghy. Aita Mari responded and was able to recover all 26. Distant port of Civitavecchia was assigned, forcing survivors to endure more unnecessary days at sea, despite the rescue occurring southwest of Lampedusa in the Maltese SAR. While patrolling, Louise Michel reported aggressive behavior from the Libyan coast guards. |
| December 2 | After hearing a Mayday Relay from an unknown station, Life Support was able to locate and rescue a rubber dinghy with 46 people at 3am in the Libyan SAR. The boat was at risk of capsizing in the 1.5 meter waves. The distress case was matched with an alert sent by Alarm Phone. While searching for another Alarm Phone case, Life Support found a second overcrowded rubber boat with 73 people. After rescuing the second vessel, the distant port of Bari was assigned by Italian authorities, requiring an additional 3 unnecessary days at sea for survivors. |
| December 9 | Following an alert by Alarm Phone, Aurora rescued 48 people from a rubber dinghy. Survivors were disembarked in Sicily. |
| December 11 | Following a Mayday Relay by Frontex Sparrow2, Sea Watch 5 arrived on scene and rendered assistance to 34 people on a rubber boat. |
| December 12 | Sea Watch 5 spotted a second distress vessel with 67 people. The overcrowded boat was rescued in the night. The distant port of La Spezia was assigned, requiring four days of navigation, causing further unnecessary stress to both crew and survivors. Aita Mari informed authorities of an iron boat with 56 people, including 7 babies. After rescuing the boat, an infant required a medevacuation by the Italian Coast Guard. The rest of the survivors were assigned the distant port of Brindisi. Louise Michel overheard a Mayday Relay via an unknown station for a distress vessel and arrived on scene to assist the 25 people aboard a rubber dinghy. The Libyan Coast Guard was also on scene and instructed the ship to complete the rescue. Following this first rescue, she ship found a second boat after an Alarm Phone alert, this time with 61 people aboard a rubber boat. After completing the second rescue deep in the night, the distant port of Reggio Calabria was assigned. |
| December 13 | Alarm Phone alerted on a case in the middle of the night. Life Support responded and was able to find the fiberglass boat with 69 people in Libyan SAR. The distant port of Naples was assigned as POS. Following an alert by Alarm Phone, Aurora arrived on scene and rescued 42 people from a rubber boat. All survivors were disembarked in Siracusa. |
| December 14 | After many alerts by Alarm Phone, Seabird 3 located and also informed relevant authorities of the distress case with 44 people on a fiberglass boat. An unknown station issued a Mayday Relay and luckily Life Support was able to rescue the boat, more than 12 hours after the initial alert in the Maltese SAR. Survivors had departed Benghazi and were forced to spend several more days at sea due to assignment of Naples as the POS. |
| December 24 | Alarm Phone sent an alert for a boat with 33 people. Solidaire responded and was able to rescue the people, disembarking survivors in the distant port of Savona. |
| December 26 | After an alert by Alarm Phone, 33 people ended up stranded on the Miskar platform before being taken aboard Maridive 703, where they remained stranded for 5 days. Authorities repeatedly failed to render assistance or coordinate with rescue NGOs. The people were finally rescued by Ocean Viking and brought to the distant port of Savona. Full details provided on pages 8-9) |
