Diary of Cooperation : September-October 2025

September 241 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 6The Sea-Watch vessel Aurora rescued 75 people from a boat in distress, which was reported by Alarm
Phone.
September 1526 people are taken on board the Louise Michel after an alert from Alarm Phone and a spotting by Sea-
Watch’s aircraft, Seabird.
September 16An iron boat was about to sink about 83 km off Lampedusa. One woman died, and another is missing. About
50 survivors were rescued & the body of the deceased was recovered with help from the civilian rescue ship
Dakini and with the support of the Seabird aircraft of Sea-Watch.
September 2626 survivors were rescued by the Sea Watch 5, during an armed attack by a Libyan militia, opening fire. The day after, the ship rescued another boat, reaching a total of 124 survivors on board.
October 4The 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 6The Sea-Watch 5 crew rescued 79 people who were left to die by Europe’s deterrence policies. On the way
north, the crew was alerted twice to other distress cases. Both times, Sea-Watch 5 altered course but did
not find the boats.

October 12
The crew of Nadir spotted 56 people, including several minors, crowded onto a rubber boat that was taking
on water. After distributing life vests, the crew brought everyone safely onboard.
October 15Louise Michel rescued 32 people from a rubber boat after an alert launched by Alarm Phone.
October 24Louise Michel rescued 35 people from distress at sea. The people disembarked in Catania where the Italian
police photographed them and forced a woman to remove her hijab.
October 26The crew of Trotamar III stabilized a boat in distress with 70 people until the Italian coast guard took
everyone on board.