Schlagwort: Sea Rescue
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Sea-Eye faces punishment: Ship registered in Germany had to rescue in two distress situations
A decree of the right-wing government in Italy allows rescue operations in a maximum of one case. However, the „Sea-Eye 4“ took people from two wooden boats on board. On Tuesday evening, the crew of the ship „Sea-Eye 4“ rescued a total of 32 people from a wooden boat. The distress case in the Maltese […]
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Libyan Coast Guard: Again shooting instead of rescue
The EU Commission supports the Libyan Coast Guard financially and with equipment. In at least five cases, the units have used firearms in maritime distress cases outside their territorial waters. Once again, the Libyan Coast Guard has threatened people in distress at sea and the crew of a rescue ship with firearms. The incident took […]
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EU aerial surveillance for Libya makes Tripoli coastguard doing the „dirty work“
The European border agency observes boats with refugees from the air and lets them be brought back to North Africa. A new report by human rights organisations criticises this as „Airborne Complicity“. The European Union has withdrawn ships from the central Mediterranean and is investing in aerial surveillance instead. Refugees who find themselves in distress […]
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LeaveNoOneBehind project: An app for the right to asylum
The project „Claim Asylum EU“ aims to help people seeking protection in the European Union. This is necessary because the border authorities at the EU’s external borders are breaking international law on a massive scale. In the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, signatory states agreed to enshrine the fundamental right to […]