March 2025

  March 1The 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 fleet and several Tunisian organisations stress for days that the European states should act and rescue the persons. Nevertheless, the 32 people are left for days on the gas platform in the Mediterranean without any help from European states until the Aurora takes them on board on the 4th of March.
March 8Under challenging conditions, the Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye crew rescued 42 people from an overcrowded boat in the night. The people are taken safely on board the SEA-EYE 4. Italian authorities assign the port of Crotone, approximately 740 kilometers away.
March 9The crew of Sea-Watch and Sea-Eye comes to the aid of another 80 people in distress in three rescue operations.
March 10The team on the Ocean Viking rescues 25 people from distress following an alert from Alarm Phone. Among the rescued persons are women, unaccompanied minors and babies (1).
March 13Only hours after arriving in the operational area, the Nadir finds an overcrowded rubber boat with 40 people on board at night. The crew accompanies them and requests an immediate evacuation for 1 unconscious person. The Italian coast guard evacuates everyone.
March 15In the early morning, the Aurora rescues 17 people from a boat in distress.
March 18The Nadir finds a rubber boat in distress near an oil platform off Libya. Approximately 67 people are in distress. Around 25 people are in the water. The crew recovers people from the water and the shipwreck to the ship. Yet, at least 1 person reportedly remains missing. Survivors are disembarked in Lampedusa.
Sea-Watch and the Nadir jointly rescue 28 people from another boat in distress.
March 24With support from the aircraft Seabird and Alarm Phone the rescue ship Aurora attends a boat in strong winds and high waves. Aurora´s crew hands out life vests and secures the 85 people before the Italian coastguard finally arrives to take the people on board (2). During the night, Humanity1 rescues around 60 people from an unseaworthy, overcrowded wooden boat together with the sailing ship Nadir. Despite waves up to 1.5 metres and strong winds, all survivors can be brought on board the rescue ship Humanity (3).