European Organisation for the Rescue of Lives at Sea. Updates from our Search and Rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean #OceanViking #TogetherForRescue
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One year ago, @SOSMedIntl & @HPISwiss launched the Albatross aerial monitoring mission in the Central Mediterranean. It has shown why an independent civilian presence at sea is essential. Here's what we witnessed.
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SHIPS AT SEA
Merchant vessels participated in both rescues and illegal pushbacks. We documented fragmented or absent information sharing between authorities and SAR NGOs, despite the duty to assist being a basic principle of international maritime law.
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Read the full article on our website:
sosmediterranee.org/one-year…
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This morning, our monitoring aircraft ALBATROSS spotted a rubber boat carrying ~25 people in distress in international waters within Maltese SRR.
A Libyan Coast Guard vessel intercepted the boat. Our crew tried to contact it, reminding it that it was operating in Maltese SRR.
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@MSF_Sea rescue vessel Oyvon approached to stabilise those on board. They were later rescued by an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel.
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On 13 May, the Ocean Viking rescued 56 men from an overcrowded boat in distress. Among them was Teosil, a Bangladeshi man in his mid-forties. Found unresponsive on board, he could not be revived. Clinical findings suggest he died hours before the rescue.
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A remote visual identification allowed his family to confirm his identity. On 19 September, four months after he was disembarked, Teosil was repatriated and buried in Bangladesh, where his loved ones could finally lay him to rest.
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WHERE ARE THEY? 🚨
20 people have been missing since Sunday. Our aircraft #AlbatrossUNO spotted them, alerted authorities repeatedly with updated coordinates - yet no coordinated search.
Where are they?
The Mediterranean is surveilled to intercept people, not rescue them.
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In just two days of aerial monitoring, our crew spotted 5 distress cases in the Mediterranean.
4 of these were successfully rescued thanks to Sea-Watch 5 and the fast asset Aurora.
ALT Camille Martin Juan/SOS MEDITERRANEE
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Sea-Watch 5 performed one rescue, and Aurora conducted two rescue operations+ stabilized one more boat in distress until the arrival of the Italian Coast Guard, which eventually rescued the rubber boat.
The coordinated efforts between civilian assets made all the difference.
ALT Camille Martin Juan/SOS MEDITERRANEE
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