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  Aurora rescues 91 people who had reached out to AlarmPhone from being illegally pulled back to Libya, many suffering fuel burns. The Italian coastguard takes all women and children ashore to Lampedusa; the remaining people are only allowed to disembark in Pozzallo next morning. (see photo)
June 5  In the middle of the night, the Nadir finds and rescues 115 people on a double-decker wooden boat. All are safely disembarked in Lampedusa in the morning. The Nadir is later detained by the Italian authorities.
June 6  The Sea Eye 5 with support from Seabird and AlarmPhone rescues 50 people from an unseaworthy dinghy. The Italian authorities assign the distant port of Vibo Valentia as Port Of Safety.
June 7  AlarmPhone alerts authorities to a group who escaped from Libya and were stuck on a yet unidentified oil platform. With aerial assistance by Seabird 3, Astral responds and rescues all 54 people, including a woman who gave birth while stranded on the platform. The survivors are disembarked in Lampedusa. Following an additional alert by AlarmPhone, Astral encounters another distress vessel with 109 people, including 4 found floating in the water, also in the Libyan SAR zone. Astral distributes life vests and after the arrival of NGO vessel Louise Michel, survivors could be safely embarked.
June 9  Solidaire performs two rescues, the first of a fiberglass vessel with 28 people in the Maltese SAR zone, approximately 37 nautical miles southeast of Malta. Later in the night, Solidaire encounters another overcrowded fiberglass boat with 48 people, whom they rescue.
June 13At 5:15 am, in the Libyan SRR, Ocean Viking spots an overcrowded fiberglass boat. 70 people are rescued, including 2 unaccompanied minors. Cold, sea-sick, weak and exhausted, they are safely brought on board OV. The distant port of Marina di Carrara is assigned, requiring an additional 3 days at sea for survivors. After coming across an empty boat in search of a distress case alerted by the AlarmPhone, crew of Sea Watch 5 locates a distress vessel with 53 people. They are brought aboard SW5 and authorities assign the distant port of Brindisi.
June 14  Rescue ship Sea-Eye 5 is detained by Italian authorities in the port of Pozzallo on Monday, June 16, 2025. The detention follows a rescue operation on Saturday, June 14, during which the crew of Sea-Eye 5 saves a total of 65 people from an overcrowded rubber boat in acute distress in Libyan SAR, with aerial reconnaissance provided by Seabird 1. Overnight, the crew of Louise Michel performs three separate rescue operations of a total of 188 people. During the first rescue, Libyan authorities approach the wooden vessel causing panic and people to jump into the water. All are recuperated from the water. A second and third boat are found as the LM heads north.
June 19  At 19:15, following an alert by AlarmPhone, Ocean Viking rescues a boat carrying 73 people in distress in the Maltese SRR. Italian authorities order all 73 survivors to be disembarked in Savona – over 1,130 km from where the rescue took place.
June 20  After alerts by AlarmPhone, Sea Watch 5 was able to find and rescue 70 people. One woman was in critical condition and had to be evacuated to Malta. The port of Naples was assigned POS.
June 21In the morning, Colibri, a civilian aerial asset, alerts a distress case. Solidaire responds and rescues 49 people from the unseaworthy wooden boat. The distant port of Livorno is assigned POS.
June 26Colibri alerts a distress case in Libyan SAR. During rescue operations by Sea Watch 5, Libyan authorities attempt to intimidate the crew. Nevertheless, all 30 people are safely brought onto the SW5. after which authorities assign the distant port of Marina di Carrara.