November 2024

November 6Ocean Viking performs the rescue of 140 people, incl. 5 women & 4 children, from a double-decker wooden boat in the international waters off Libya. In the afternoon, the crew of Ocean Viking carries out a second rescue of 38 people from a flimsy rubber boat in the Maltese SRR, after overhearing several Mayday Relays on the VHF. After an Alarm Phone alert, another group of 7 people is rescued by Ocean Viking in the Maltese SRR. The same day, the crew of the Nadir encounters an overcrowded rubber boat in distress with 30 people on board and accompanies the boat close to Lampedusa, before Italian Guardia di Finanza takes all people on board.
November 7Alarm Phone alerts a distress case of an overcrowded wooden boat with 37 people on board. The Nadir crew encounters the boat, provides lifejackets, and stabilizes the situation until the arrival of the Italian coast guard (1). Sea Eye 5 rescues 110 people off Lampedusa. Trotamar III rescues 72 people.
November 1143 people are rescued by the sailing vessel from Blue Lab, Nihayet Garganey VI and disembarked in Lampedusa.
November 12Life Support rescues 49 people from a boat in distress in the central Mediterranean. Among the rescued are 6 women and 6 unaccompanied children.
November 19Aita Mari rescues 53 people who have called Alarm Phone, mostly young people and minors, after three days at sea.
November 21SOS Humanity 1 crew rescues 70 people from distress at sea, including over 25 unaccompanied minors and female survivors who have left from Libya already two days before.
November 22The crew of Sea-Watch 5 rescues 49 people from distress at sea after they have called the Alarm Phone (2).
November 26Following a VHF radio message from a NATO aircraft, Ocean Viking rescues 48 people from an overcrowded rubber boat in the Libyan SRR. 90% of the survivors are unaccompanied minors. Towards the end of the rescue operation, the Libyan coast guards approach the scene at full speed, dangerously maneuvering. Despite the unnecessary tension, SOS Mediteranée teams manage to bring everyone safely onboard Ocean Viking.
November 28The crew of Humanity 1 rescues another 47 people from distress at sea and later on, another boat with 46 people, found by the crew following a distress call to Alarm Phone. Geo Barents crew witnesses a tragedy while arriving to rescue people in distress on a deflating rubber boat, with armed men on a fast boat in their close vicinity. Armed men threaten the people on the rubber boat and shoot in the air, causing over 70 people to jump in the water. Geo Barents rescues everyone from the water and the rubber boat, but the fast boat leaves with the 29 women and children on board.   The same day, Aita Mari rescues 33 people who have reached out to Alarm Phone.
November 29The sailing vessel Safira rescues 77 people in international waters.