List_of_ships_for_the_rescue_of_refugees_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea

List of ships for the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea

List of ships for the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea

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Migrant and refugee rescue ships that operate in the Mediterranean Sea are often run by NGOs taking part in the rescue of people endangered when attempting to migrate across the Mediterranean to Europe. They were variously chartered, donated, or bought specifically for the purpose of rescue.[1][2][3]

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This sortable table is by default listed in order of the vessels' names:

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Since 2017, Sea-Watch have operated a SAR-coordinating reconnaissance aircraft, Moonbird, a single-engined Cirrus SR22, and since June 2020, also the Seabird, a twin-engined high-performance Beechcraft Baron 58.[71] These are flown in cooperation with the Swiss NGO Humanitarian Pilots Initiative.[4]

In December 2020, Association Pilotes Volontaires[72] began operation of their Dyn'Aéro MCR4S reconnaissance aircraft named Colibri 2.[26] Their original Colibri, of the same make, flew its first mission in May 2018.[73] As of June 2019, they had logged 52 missions, sighting 54 boats and by their estimates saving more than 4,300 people.[73]

For a period, the Search and Rescue Observatory for the Mediterranean (SAROBMED), based at Queen Mary University of London, monitored SAR operations in the region.[74] SAROBMED in turn listed a number of other organisations, including (in addition to those mentioned above):

In conjunction with Alarm Phone, Watch the Mediterranean Sea monitors deaths and violations of migrants' rights at the maritime borders of the EU via an online mapping platform.[79]

The German-based international movement Seebrücke has campaigned since 2018 for the humanitarian rights for people to migrate.[80]

Organisations with future plans

As of May 2021, the Italian group 'RESQ (people saving people)' had been working on plans to fund and start operating a further rescue ship.[81] In July 2021 they announced their acquisition of the Alan Kurdi, which was renamed ResQ PEOPLE; they began preparing the ship for new rescue operations.[10] RESQ PEOPLE sailed from Borriana on 7 August 2021 to start rescue missions in the central Mediterranean.[82]

See also

National and international operations

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