Press

June, 2018

On instructions from Rome, the Aquarius is stopped at sea between Malta and Italy, waiting for a safe port to disembark 629 survivors

May, 2018

More than 1.500 people rescued in two days: SOS MEDITERRANEE urges the European authorities to acknowledge that every single rescue asset is needed

73 people rescued from an overloaded boat by the Aquarius on Saturday

105 rescued people en route to a safe port in Italy after 3 days of bureaucratic stand-off on the high seas

April, 2018

537 people rescued from overloaded boats off Libya safe on board the Aquarius // Survivors escaping Libya tell of multiple interceptions by the Libyan Coastguard

Three days of complex operations in the Central Mediterranean: SOS MEDITERRANEE calls on European and international authorities to urgently clarify framework underlying Libyan Coast Guard intervention in international waters

March, 2018

“SOS MEDITERRANEE expresses its solidarity to the rescuers of Open Arms, worried of yet another step in the criminalization of solidarity at sea”

The exceptional coordination amongst NGOs allows for 280 lives to be saved

Refugee Women are Particularly Vulnerable: Balance after two years of Operations in the Mediterranean

72 survivors of a deadly shipwreck and an interception now safe aboard the Aquarius

January, 2018

28. January 2018

Tragic day for Aquarius in the Mediterranean: A fatal shipwreck and new interception of migrant boat by Libyan Coast Guard

18. January 2018

505 people safely aboard the Aquarius – “Europe needs to provide an adequate rescue fleet”