| 1 May | After Alarm Phone received and forwarded several distress calls to authorities and NGO‘s, the Geo Barents (Médecins Sans Frontières) is able to rescue 299 people from a huge overcrowded fishing vessel and 36 people from a small fiberglass boat. The civil aircraft Seabird 1 (Sea-Watch) supported the search and rescue from above (1). |
| 5 May | The Aita Mari (Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario) found and assisted 6 little iron boats which fled Tunisia towards Lampedusa. |
| 16 May | The Geo Barents rescues 26 people in a rubber boat after Alarm Phone relayed the distress call (2). |
| 17 May | With the help of Colibri 2 (Pilotes Volontaires) the Louise Michel is able to rescue the 71 people who reached out to Alarm Phone before (3). |
| 26 May | The Humanity 1 (SOS Humanity) rescues 88 people who called the Alarm Phone for help before (4). |
| 28 May | On her way towards the Libyan coast the Geo Barents was requested to help rescue a 599 people boat on its way to Italy. The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination center wasn‘t able to perform the rescue alone (5). The Sea-Eye 4 (Sea-Eye) rescues 17 people which have been spotted by Colibri 2 (6). |
| 29 May | The sailing ship Nadir (RESQSHIP) rescues 22 people from a self made iron boat. A nearby fisher relayed the distress (7). |
| 30 May | The crew of the Sea-Eye 4 spots and embarks safely 32 people from a wooden boat. |
Article published in Echoes#7 – Moving on.
