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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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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 28/09/2026
🎬 A decade, thousands of rescues, one mission. "10 years of Resistance at sea" will premiere on Wednesday. Stories from the Central Med, what we've seen and lived on the frontline. Both on the water and on shore. Full doc Sept 30 on 🔗 youtu.be/02k0S7Sf1i4
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 25/09/2026
🎬 Save the date: Sept 30, 1600 CET To mark 10 years of humanitarian search & rescue, SOS MEDITERRANEE releases "10 Years of Resistance at Sea." From the Aquarius to today, it chronicles our action on the world’s deadliest migration route. 📽️ Save the link: YouTube 🔗 youtu.be/02k0S7Sf1i4
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10 Years of Resistance at Sea
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/09/2026
No one should be left to drown at sea. And rescuers should not be threatened. We stand in solidarity with the RNLI, its crews and volunteers. www.sosmediterranee.org/sos-mediterr...
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SOS MEDITERRANEE stands in solidarity with the RNLI - SOS MEDITERRANEE
After lifeboat crews were threatened for rescuing people in the Channel, we stand with the RNLI and with all people in distress at sea.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/09/2026
Last night, 75 people, including 39 minors and 9 women, disembarked in Salerno after being rescued by the #OceanViking. Our teams had rescued 78 people in total. The previous day, a two-day-old newborn was medically evacuated with their mother and sister.
Lucien Migné / SOS MEDITERRANEELucien Migné / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 09/09/2026
🔵 UPDATE: A mother, her daughter, and her newborn baby were medically evacuated with the support of an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel to receive medical care on land. The other survivors are still receiving care on board the #OceanViking as it sails towards Salerno.
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 09/09/2026
In Malta's Search and Rescue Region, "rescue" stands for ignorance. Most people who risk drowning here don't get saved - they get kidnapped by Libyan militias and disappear. Yesterday, Seabird 3 spotted a boat with 17 people in distress, and everyone knew what would come next.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 09/09/2026
Yesterday, following the three rescue operations that took place within 5 hours, Italian authorities assigned Salerno, two days of navigation away, as a Place of Safety.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/09/2026
Today, our team aboard the #OceanViking carried out 3 rescues of 17, 16 and 45 people in the Maltese SRR. Among the survivors are 12 women, a two-day-old baby and a five-month-old baby. All had heat exhaustion; some also had dehydration and fuel burns.
Lucien Migné / SOSMEDITERRANEELucien Migné / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 04/09/2026
The reduction in arrivals highlighted by the Meloni Government has not translated into fewer deaths at sea. On the contrary, the data show that crossing the Mediterranean has become increasingly deadly. www.sosmediterranee.org/what-the-mel...
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What the Meloni Government is not saying about the decrease in sea arrivals - SOS MEDITERRANEE
As the Meloni Government highlights a sharp decrease in sea arrivals, new data reveal a troubling reality: crossing the Mediterranean has become significantly more deadly. While fewer people (...)
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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 27/08/2026
🔴 Shots fired & people in the water. The so-called Libyan coastguard, backed by the EU, opened fire toward NGO ship Louise Michel - instead of recovering the two people who had gone overboard.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 27/08/2026
This week, Libyan Coast Guards fired shots in the vicinity of #LouiseMichel and threatened to shoot #Aurora. 1 year after the shooting of the #OceanViking, these events illustrate what we warned about: continued funding by EU & absence of accountability fostering impunity with deadly consequences.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 24/08/2026
One year ago, our rescue vessel Ocean Viking came under heavy fire from the Libyan Coast Guard vessel Houn 664 while carrying 87 people we had been rescued at sea. A year later, no one has been held accountable.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 22/08/2026
The 55 women, men & children rescued by the #OceanViking have finally reached safety in #Ortona this afternoon. Many endured horrific violence and unimaginable hardship in their countries of origin and along their journeys before facing the dangers of the Central Mediterranean.
Credits: Javier Alvarez / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 20/08/2026
Yesterday saw a remarkable demonstration of solidarity and commitment to maritime law. Through cooperation between a humanitarian aircraft, a merchant vessel and the Italian MRCC, around 68 people aboard two boats in distress were brought to safety.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/08/2026
This morning the #OceanViking rescued 55 people, including 8 women and 9 children, from an overcrowded rubber boat in distress in the Maltese SRR following a Mayday relay from a Frontex aircraft. They spent 3 days at sea. Most are from war-torn #Sudan. Our crew is caring for them
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 15/08/2026
11 lives lost. Today, during a monitoring flight over the Central Mediterranean, the crew of Albatross, the joint aerial monitoring aircraft operated by SOS MEDITERRANEE and @HPISwiss, witnessed a devastating scene. 👉🏼 www.sosmediterranee.org/11-bodies-sp...
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11 bodies spotted, two violent interceptions: witnessing the consequences of EU-support from above - SOS MEDITERRANEE
During a monitoring flight over the Central Mediterranean, the crew of Albatross witnessed the bodies of 11 people floating at sea and, days later, documented two violent interceptions (...)
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 14/08/2026
Today, the 15 people rescued on 11/08 arrived safely in #Civitavecchia. We wish them all the best! While the #EU continues to build walls that force people onto unsafe sea routes, @sosmediterranee.org will be there to render assistance at sea and uphold international maritime law.
Javier Alvarez / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 13/08/2026
While many people continue to flee wars and violence, we are back in the skies over the Central Mediterranean. Together with @hpiswiss.bsky.social, we monitor one of the world's deadliest migration routes, where human rights violations and breaches of international maritime law continue to occur.
Credit: Camille Martin Juan / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/08/2026
This evening, the #OceanViking rescued 15 people, including an unaccompanied minor, after spotting their fibreglass boat in distress from the bridge, within the Maltese SRR. They had departed at around 3 am and had spent hours exposed to intense heat before being rescued.
Javier Alvarez / SOS MEDITERRANEE Javier Alvarez / SOS MEDITERRANEE Javier Alvarez / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 04/08/2026
"There is a battle on how migration is talked about because the words we use are influenced by the way in which people understand migration, and then who they empathise with, and which policies then they are willing to accept."
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 03/08/2026
The #OceanViking has disembarked 14 survivors in Brindisi. They were rescued four days ago from a small, flimsy, three-metre-long rubber boat in international waters. Among them was a seven-year-old girl who told us she could not wait to go to school.
Maria Giulia Trombini / SOS MEDITERRANEEMaria Giulia Trombini / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026
The Italian authorities have indicated #Brindisi as a Place of Safety to disembark the 14 survivors on board #OceanViking. They had initially sent the ship to #Ancona.
Maria Giulia Trombini / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026
This morning, crew members on the #OceanViking have rescued 14 people, including 3 women and a 7 year old girl from a small rubber boat in distress in international waters in the Libyan Search & Rescue Region.
Maria Giulia Trombini / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 30/07/2026
On this #WorldDayAgainstTraffickinginPersons, we underline that policies of deterrence are making routes more costly and dangerous, forcing people into the hands of exploitative networks that they are forced to rely on, as long as there are no safe alternatives. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Tunisia-Libya border: UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed serious concern over reports that more than 7,400 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, are victims of a systematic pattern of arbitrary detention, collective ex...
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 28/07/2026
@sosmediterranee.org is currently at #ISAR2026, joining SAR experts from around the world to discuss operational challenges & our collective responsibility to save lives at sea. By exchanging expertise & strengthening the global SAR community, we can help save more lives 🛟
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 21/07/2026
1/3 The #OceanViking has disembarked in #Civitavecchia, Italy, the 38 people rescued on Saturday from an extremely dangerous iron boat in international waters off #Tunisia.
Ania Gruca / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 19/07/2026
The #OceanViking has been assigned #Civitavecchia as the port of disembarkation for the 38 people rescued yesterday. It will take 3 days to bring them to a place of safety, 3 unnecessary days of navigation after everything they have already endured in their search for protection.
Ania Gruca / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 18/07/2026
🚨 UPDATE This afternoon, the #OceanViking rescued 38 people in distress in the Tunisian Search and Rescue Region. At least 1/3 of them are minors and 8 are women. They were on an overcrowded makeshift iron boat. They are now safe on board.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/07/2026
1/3 The ICC has confirmed all 17 charges against Khaled El Hishri for crimes committed at the notorious Mitiga Prison in #Libya. This is a landmark step toward accountability and a powerful validation of what survivors have long documented and testified.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/07/2026
Read the statement we have co-signed with 30 other organisations, to urgently call the @EU_Commission to end its deadly cooperation with Libyan authorities, responsible for repeated and unpunished abuse on people and on Search & Rescue NGOs. 👇 www.sosmediterranee.org/31-organisat...
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31 organisations call on the EU to urgently end abusive migration cooperation with Libyan authorities - SOS MEDITERRANEE
Civil society groups are concerned that ongoing EU cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration control, despite serious abuses continue with impunity. We call on the European Commission (...)
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/07/2026
Yesterday, #OceanViking received a Mayday relay from an aircraft: an overcrowded rubber boat in distress, in international waters within the Libyan SRR. We were 1h30 away and immediately headed to assist the people in danger at sea. 👇
Ania Gruca / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 16/07/2026
Three years ago today, the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding was signed. Since then, the EU has allocated millions of euros to migration control in Tunisia despite mounting evidence of serious human rights violations associated with EU support.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 15/07/2026
Yet another avoidable tragedy: At least 50 people, including women and children, are feared dead after a wooden boat capsized off Tobruk, Libya. Only 10 survived, amid Europe’s continued failure to assume responsibility for search and rescue at sea.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 10/07/2026
Nine years after proceedings were initiated against Search and Rescue staff, including one member of SOS MEDITERRANEE, the Criminal Court of Catania acquitted our colleague and other former Aquarius crew members earlier this week. www.sosmediterranee.org/catania-cour...
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Catania Court Acquits Aquarius Crew Member After Nine-Year Legal Proceeding - SOS MEDITERRANEE
After nine years of proceedings, the Criminal Court of Catania has acquitted an SOS MEDITERRANEE colleague and former Aquarius crew member of charges related to alleged illegal activities and (...)
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 01/07/2026
BREAKING: The Court of Bari has suspended the fine issued against our ship by the local Prefecture of Bari in June 2024, following the detention from December 2023. We welcome this decision, pending the ruling on the merits expected in September.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 30/06/2026
The 35,000 milestone of people who disappeared in the Mediterranean sea since @UNmigration started to report them in 2014, has just been reached. This is neither an accident nor unavoidable. It is the result of deliberate policies that turn the sea into a wall, then a graveyard.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 23/06/2026
A journalist from Arte embarked on our #AlbatrosUNO, operated with @hpiswiss.bsky.social . He witnessed our crew spot a boat in distress, a rescue by @soshumanity.bsky.social, and highlights the obstacles people face to reach safety & SAR NGOs face to rescue them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwCu...
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A bord de l'Albatros, l’avion de l’ONG ''SOS Méditerranée'' | ARTE Info
YouTube video by ARTE Info
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 12/06/2026
Thanks to the collaboration between @alarmphone, our aircraft #AlbatrossUNO & rescue ship Solidaire, 56p. will reach safety after drifting at sea. While the EU Pact entering into force today prioritises deterrence and border control, civil society keeps mobilising to save lives.
Credit: Claire Juchat / SOS MEDITERRANEECredit: Claire Juchat / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/06/2026
We have recently collected accounts from survivors who describe witnessing or hearing about alleged forced organ removal, including as a form of extortion in Libya. These reflect a broader pattern of systematic exploitation against people crossing Libya. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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300 migrants bound for UK kidnapped and threatened with kidney removal
The Iraqi Kurds were captured by a militia who demanded a ransom of $5,000 (£3,700) per person.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/06/2026
🚨Shipwreck off #Malta: 11 bodies recovered. It's not a tragic accident but the foreseeable consequences of political choices: 👉The withdrawal of state-led search and rescue efforts. 👉The outsourcing of border control. 👉The criminalization of solidarity. timesofmalta.com/article/ship...
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Shipwreck off Malta: 53 people rescued, 11 bodies recovered
'Every life lost is one too many': Home Affairs Minister Glenn Bedingfield
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/06/2026
In 10 years of search & rescue operations, we have documented 318 deaths and disappearances at sea. They represent a partial account of a much larger reality, as many deaths at sea go unreported. These deaths were neither inevitable nor acceptable. 👇 blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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One body: a decade of deaths in the Central Mediterranean
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 28/05/2026
🚨New revelation from @statewatch.bsky.social The #EU is expanding its cooperation with Libya’s eastern forces under General Haftar, including training for the coast guard and the establishment of an MRCC in #Benghazi. A leaked document confirms the agreement. www.statewatch.org/news/2026/ma...
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Statewatch | Revealed: EU agreement to expand deadly migration cooperation with Libya's eastern forces
A document leaked to Statewatch confirms that the EU has begun collaborating with Libya’s eastern forces on migration control. This collaboration includes training, support and the development of a re...
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 24/05/2026
This morning, the #OceanViking rescued 68 people from an overcrowded fiberglass boat in distress spotted from the bridge, in the #MalteseSAR. Survivors reported spending 24 hours at sea after departing #Libya. Many were found exhausted and dehydrated. They are now safe on board.
Marie Tihon / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 06/05/2026
Four days after their rescue, 25 people finally stepped ashore in #Ancona. Half are minors, including 2 women, one pregnant. They were found in distress at night on a damaged, overcrowded rubber boat taking on water. They are now #safe and we wish them well.
Marie Tihon / SOS MEDITERRANEEMarie Tihon / SOS MEDITERRANEE
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 22/04/2026
Yesterday, #ALBATROSS spotted a dead body floating in the Central Mediterranean. They had a name, and we will likely never know it. Days after multiple shipwrecks off Libya and dozens of bodies washing ashore, 2026 continues to be deadly. www.sosmediterranee.org/a-body-at-se...
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A body at sea and a system that makes deaths invisible - SOS MEDITERRANEE
ALBATROSS mission sighting highlights a deadly reality: policy choices lead to more deaths at sea, dehumanisation makes them invisible.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/04/2026
Over 180 people died in the Mediterranean last week. Preventable deaths, the result of deliberate political choices. This is the deadliest start to a year on record in the Mediterranean. Deterrence has replaced assistance. States must restore search&rescue. Read our statement👇 bit.ly/readourstate...
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Over 180 dead in one week: SOS MEDITERRANEE demands accountability - SOS MEDITERRANEE
Over 180 people died in one week in the Mediterranean. SOS MEDITERRANEE calls for search and rescue to be restored and accountability ensured.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 23/03/2026
After sailing 1100km for 3,5 days from the #Miskar offshore platform, we finally disembarked 116 survivors in Marina di Carrara, the Place of Safety assigned by Italian authorities. Among them, more than a third were #unaccompanied #minors, who are particularly vulnerable.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 10/03/2026
After navigating for more than 4 days, the 100 survivors rescued on March 5 finally disembarked in Ancona. Some, including teenagers, have been trying to reach safety for years, escaping war, persecution and violence in their home countries and #Libya.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 09/03/2026
10 years of civilian search&rescue at sea. #SOSMEDITERRANEE releases its Ten-Year Report and a Manifesto calling to restore proactive SAR in the Central Mediterranean. 43,078 people assisted 457 operations Two ships. One mission. bit.ly/Ten_year_rep... Read. Share. Stand with us
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STILL AT SEA: Ten Years of Rescue in the Central Mediterranean - SOS MEDITERRANEE
SOS MEDITERRANEE releases a ten-year report marking a decade of civilian search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean, reaffirming its commitment to rescue, protect and bear witness through a (...)
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 06/03/2026
Yesterday, as we were heading towards #Ancona, the assigned Place of Safety, we received an alert from @alarmphone.bsky.social about a wooden boat in distress 30NM away with 64 people on board. After receiving green light from Italian authorities, we rescued the drifting overcrowded boat.
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