| October 2 | Thanks to information from Seabird, the Nadir was able to find a rubber dinghy with 43 people. As water was already entering, everyone was evacuated to the Nadir. The crew then continued the search with Trotamar III coordinated by the Italian authorities. Later in the evening, a rubber dinghy with 35 people was discovered and rescued by Nadir. Shortly afterwards, Nadir searched for another boat in distress but was harassed by the so-called Libyan coast guards and had to change course and stop searching for another boat in distress. The fate of the boat is still unknown. |
| October 10 | During the night, 6 people are directly recovered from the water in the Libyan SRR (search and rescue region) by the crew of Ocean Viking. In the morning 41 people are rescued from an overcrowded fiberglass boat in the Maltese SRR. Later in the afternoon the crew rescues 36 people from an unseaworthy plastic boat (1). |
| October 11 | Solidaire rescues 41 people from a rubber boat. |
| October 12 | The Nadir crew spots an iron boat in distress with 49 people on board. Due to the imminent risk of capsizing, all people are taken onboard. The people, including 23 women and 3 small children, had departed from Tunisia the day before. |
| October 14 | Following a report from Alarm Phone, Mare Jonio completes the rescue of 58 people in danger of life, in international waters in the Tunisian SRR. The same day, Sea Eye 4 rescues 22 people after they had to jump from their boat in international waters. 26 people on a rubber boat, who departed from Libya and had spent 2 days on the water already are spotted from the Nadir. The crew assesses the situation and then accompanies the boat for about two hours before taking them onboard. People are then disembarked in Lampedusa. |
| October 26 | The crew of Humanity 1 rescues a single person without life-saving equipment from an unseaworthy boat in distress spotted in international waters off the Libyan coast. The person stated to have fled and asked the crew for help and protection. Italy assigns the distant port of Salerno as a place of safety – almost 3 days of navigation and 870 km away from the location of the rescue. |
| October 30 | Following an alert from Alarm Phone, the Ocean Viking rescues 25 people, including 5 unaccompanied minors, from a wooden boat in distress in the overlapping Tunisian & Maltese SRR. They left from Sabratha, Libya & spent over 4 days at sea with just 1 bottle of water each. |
| October 31 | The crew of Life Support rescue 38 shipwrecked people rescued in international waters of the Maltese SRR after reaching out to Alarm Phone. The boat was drifting and taking on water (2). Life Support conducts later on a 2nd rescue in international waters, in Maltese SRR. 34 people are rescued after reaching out to Alarm Phone, including 5 unaccompanied minors. Livorno is assigned as a place of safety for disembarkation. |
