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In the morning, everybody could safely disembark on the Sicilian island. 📷 AMA | Sailidarity

They were all very exhausted after having been stranded on the abandoned platform for 1.5 days. During the crossing to Lampedusa many suffered from severe seasickness and fever. Before sunset, NADIR passed an empty, unmarked rubber boat without engine. 📷 Roberta Derosas | RESQSHIP

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On Friday, our NADIR crew answered an @alarmphone.bsky.social Mayday Relay for ca. 50 people stranded on the abandoned Didon oil platform. Sailidarity's AMA crew had stabilised the situation, allowing for NADIR's crew to directly evacuate 54 men, including 6 minors.

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Our crew stabilised the situation, distributed life jackets, and checked for medical emergencies before evacuating everyone onto NADIR for water, dry clothes, thermal blankets, and food. By morning, NADIR reached Lampedusa, where all 16 survivors disembarked safely. 📷 Roberta Derosas | RESQSHIP

The vessel was severely overcrowded with 16 people: 15 unaccompanied minors and a 19-year-old pregnant woman. Departing from Az-Zawiya, Libya, over two days prior, their engine had failed, the tubes were partially deflated, and the boat was taking on water.

RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thursday night, our crew aboard NADIR was alerted by @alarmphone.bsky.social to a distress case in the Maltese SAR zone. Factoring in wind and current drift, the team began searching for a 5-meter black rubber boat lost in pitch-black darkness.

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As dawn broke, Lampedusa came into sight. Yesterday morning, all 13 survivors disembarked safely in Lampedusa. 📸 RESQSHIP | The last photo was taken by a survivor aboard NADIR, portraying one of our crew members.

RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Once aboard, our crew provided first aid, thermal blankets, and a warm dinner. An hour after the evacuation, a Libyan speedboat approached NADIR, then veered south again.

RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On Tuesday afternoon, our crew located a boat on radar: 13 people (aged 15–30, incl. 3 minors) in distress in a partly deflated rubber boat, exhausted after departing Libya a day earlier. Water was entering the vessel. The crew provided life vests, drinking water, and evacuated everyone onto NADIR.

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On Monday evening, all 8 men disembarked safely on Lampedusa. 📷 @cavallottininicola | RESQSHIP

The ever-new forms of crude violence against people seeking protection shock us every single time, yet come as no surprise. Deterrence is built into the EU border regime, leading actors to devise ever newer and more violent methods – without facing consequences.

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The survivors had been subjected to extreme violence. At departure, all 8 men were unknowingly forced into a tiny, lidded box at gunpoint for the 4–5 hour crossing. All showed physical evidence of beatings and were terrified by the severe intimidation experienced.

While running search patterns Sunday night, the NADIR crew heard a boat, screams, and dull splashes as the vessel sped away. 8 people in deep distress were swimming towards our ship. The crew deployed Centifloats and pulled everyone directly onboard. No one appears to be missing.

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This morning, all 5 guests disembarked safely in Lampedusa. Reaching Safety or being subjected to an illegal pullback should not be a matter of who reaches people in distress first! 📷 Nicola Cavallotti | RESQSHIP

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Heading north, NADIR responded to a distress alert from @alarmphone involving ~30 people. Our crew only found an empty, unmarked rubber boat. We assume an illegal interception occurred.

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More scLCG vessels arrived and encircled NADIR as our ship set course north. Earlier that day, NADIR had already been shadowed – by even up to four vessels at once.

At that moment, a so-called Libyan Coast Guard (scLCG) speedboat approached aggressively into the 10m gap between NADIR & the platform, where the tender crew had already initiated the evacuation. Tension mounted over a forced takeover.

❗️ NADIR evacuation encircled by Libyan assets Yesterday, NADIR spotted 5 people stranded on the abandoned Tunisian oil platform Didon. After notifying authorities, our crew launched the tender to bring all survivors aboard.

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The past weeks once again exposed the deadly reality of Fortress Europe's borders – and exactly why we continue our work at sea. An intense three-week rotation is coming to an end, but NADIR will return to the #CentralMed in early September. 📷 RESQSHIP, Camille Martin Juan | SOS MEDITERRANEE

Libyan militia assets were present at sea multiple times – a stark reminder of EU-financed illegal interceptions. Survivors told our crew of the hell and torture they endured in Libya, sharing that their greatest fear during the crossing was being forcibly returned there.

Among the 36 survivors who safely embarked NADIR were 18 unaccompanied minors. Many of the people were severely exhausted, dehydrated, and in need of medical care. Italian authorities designated Lampedusa as the port of safety, where all survivors could disembarked safely the same day.

On Monday afternoon, our NADIR crew spotted 36 people in distress on an overcrowded, leaking rubber boat following an alert by @alarmphone.bsky.social. Supported by @sosmediterranee.org's Albatross 1, we notified authorities, handed out life vests, and safely evacuated everyone on board.

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Within minutes, all five people were safe: four men and one woman, suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and lack of food and shelter. All five guests arrived safely in Lampedusa later that day. We wish them all the best for their journey ahead. (action) 📷 RESQSHIP

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Yesterday, shortly after midnight, the NADIR crew made contact with a black rubber boat in distress off the Tunisian coast. The boat was taking on water and was at risk of sinking, so the crew brought everyone aboard immediately. A Mayday relay was sent right away.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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Three survivors suffered from severe dehydration and fuel burn. After having departed two days earlier from Libya, our NADIR crew brought them to Lampedusa on Tuesday, where everybody could disembark safely. 📷 RESQSHIP

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The search was called off after the Coast Guard evacuated everyone. Early Tuesday morning, our crew spotted 36 people without life jackets on an unmanoeuvrable, grey rubber boat taking on water. Due to the danger, our crew swiftly evacuated everyone, including ca. 20 minors.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On Monday afternoon, our crew joined a commemoration in Lampedusa for the people whose bodies were sighted since the weekend. That same evening, NADIR set sail again and initiated the search for a distress case reported by @alarmphone.bsky.social: 31 people on an overcrowded rubber boat.

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Our crew is left with profound grief and anger over these preventable tragedies. The recent frequency of such sightings makes us fear further unrecorded shipwrecks. These days show once again, with painful clarity, how closely life and death are intertwined at Europe’s borders. 📷 RESQSHIP

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All 13 individuals were safely evacuated aboard the NADIR, including six unaccompanied minors. Many were suffering from severe exhaustion and dehydration. Yesterday, all survivors finally disembarked safely in Lampedusa.

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Shortly after, an alert reached us via Alarm Phone regarding 13 people in distress nearby on a fiberglass boat with a broken engine, no food, water, or life-saving equipment. Following hours of searching through the dark, the crew finally managed to locate the boat in the early morning hours.

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 17/08/2026

On Saturday evening, our crew spotted three people in the water. Our medical team could only confirm their deaths. As the NADIR is not equipped for recovery, authorities were immediately alerted with the urgent hope that the deceased might still be identified.

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On Sat, Aug 15, our aircraft Seabird 1 and @resqship.bsky.social's rescue vessel Nadir spotted 3 more bodies. 14 people in total and behind every one is a person with a life & loved ones who may never learn what happened. Our thoughts are with them.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Update Operation 6 Our 6th crew assisted 32 people in distress at sea. Meanwhile, headlines fixated on a "surge of arrivals" in Ceuta, feeding narratives that justify more militarisation and border control, instead of asking why people are forced to take such risks in the first place.

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On Monday, they went safely ashore in Lampedusa. We admire their bravery and wish them all the best for what lies ahead. 📷 Jan Salmen, Jelka Kretzschmar | RESQSHIP

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For most of the group, who left Somalia as minors, this was the culmination of a two-year journey. All five faced imprisonment in Libyan detention centres and hard labor to fund this single crossing attempt, knowing failure meant being trapped in Libya or facing death.

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Shortly after midnight – after having been exposed to the elements for 3 days – our crew safely evacuated them onto the NADIR. The five had departed from Zawiya, Libya, surviving on the unused platform by drinking expired water found on site. All suffered acute exhaustion and dehydration.

Stranded on a platform for two days! Responding to a distress alert from @alarmphone.bsky.social, our NADIR crew located five young Somali men (aged 16–20) stranded on the abandoned Didon oil platform.

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This "emergency" is intentional, designed to make daily deaths at sea acceptable. Instead of weaponising border security, we must dismantle the root causes driving forced migration and hold those in power accountable. 📷 Jelka Kretzschmar, Jan Salmen | RESQSHIP

While this is the daily reality in the Mediterranean, media coverage is currently fixated on arrivals in Ceuta. They push emergency narratives that serve to justify further militarisation, deterrence, and border controls – while ignoring why people are forced to take extreme risks.

Among them: 15 women (one pregnant), 12 men, and 6 minors – including 2 young girls travelling completely alone. Our crew completed a safe evacuation. The pregnant survivor was med-evacuated by the Italian Coast Guard, while all others received care on NADIR before disembarking safely in Lampedusa.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Following a Mayday Relay from @alarmphone.bsky.social, on Thursday, our crew spotted an overcrowded rubber boat in distress. 27 people had spent three days at sea after leaving Zuwara, Libya, trapped in an unseaworthy boat with 1m swell, water taking on, and zero life jackets.

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co-organised by: @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social, Ragazzi Bayefall, Mediterranean Hope-FCEI, Maldusa, @seawatchitaly.bsky.social, and @resqship.bsky.social 📷 Pietro Bertora | RESQSHIP