SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 04/10/2026Later on, our crew spotted another black rubber boat carrying ~30 people adrift in international waters. People on board were intercepted by a Libyan GACS patrol vessel donated by Italy and the EU and forcibly returned to Libya, in violation of International maritime and human rights law. 162
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 04/10/2026Yesterday, on the second day of deployment for our monitoring aircraft Albatross Uno, our crew spotted a black rubber boat carrying around 20 people. The sponsons were already partially deflated, placing those on board at immediate risk. People were later rescued by @sea-eye.org 5. 1104
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 03/10/2026⚫13 years ago, a shipwreck off Lampedusa claimed the lives of more than 368 people. It became a defining moment in Europe’s recent history, exposing the consequences of deterrence policies & human cost of inaction. 13 years later, we remember those who never reached shore and honour their memory. 01111
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 000
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/09/2026Many had fled countries affected by war and insecurity. With safe routes unavailable, children and their families are forced onto dangerous journeys. No child should have to risk their life crossing the Mediterranean to reach safety. 030
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/09/2026More than half of those who disembarked were minors. Among them were twins who celebrated their sixth birthday aboard. Their mother told us it was a birthday neither she nor her children would ever forget. 130
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/09/2026Last 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. 154
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. 064
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 09/09/2026Yesterday, 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. 051
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/09/2026The team then rescued 16 people following a Mayday Relay from SeaBird 3. They had spent 24h at sea. Later, the crew overheard a Mayday Relay from Frontex’s Falcon 1 and rescued 45 more people from a rubber boat, also spotted by SeaBird 3. They are receiving care on deck. 030
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/09/2026The first rescue followed a Mayday Relay matching a distress case reported by @alarmphone.bsky.social and later spotted by @seawatchitaly.bsky.social ’s SeaBird 3 aircraft. The 17 survivors had spent approximately 26 hours at sea. 130
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 08/09/2026Today, 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. 1129
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 24/08/2026One 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. 1138
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 22/08/2026Today, they are safe on land. But seeking safety & a better future should never depend on surviving a dangerous sea crossing. Safe pathways to #Europe are urgently needed. Their courage & resilience remind us that behind every rescue are people’s lives and stories that matter. 071
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 22/08/2026The 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. 195
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 20/08/2026ASSO VENTICINQUE rescued 57 people, including 7 women and 4 children. Survivors were reported to be in good condition, apart from dehydration, and the vessel was instructed by Italian authorities to proceed north. 142
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 20/08/2026Yesterday 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. 1136
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/08/2026Relief and grief sail side by side. Welcoming 55, we mourn those lost at sea. Recently, #Albatross and #Seabird sighted bodies in the Central Med. We think of their families and loved ones. These lives must not become statistics: every life lost demands action and accountability 1116
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/08/2026This 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 11913
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 15/08/2026While SOS Humanity was nearby and ready to provide assistance, Libyan Coast Guard illegally ordered them to head north. The Libyan vessel, gifted by the #EU, was seen ramming into the rubber boat multiple times, and intercepting the people onboard. 086
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 15/08/2026As the aircraft descended to gather more information, the crew was able to make out further details. Some of the bodies were still clothed. Others were being kept afloat by tire inner tubes. 121
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 14/08/2026Today, 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. 064
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 13/08/2026Yesterday, after receiving an alert from @alarmphone.bsky.social, crew on #AlbatrossUNO spotted a boat in distress. The 65 people were later rescued by @soshumanity.bsky.social. Thanks to the cooperation between land, air and sea, the survivors will be able to reach a Place of Safety. 021
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 13/08/2026While 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. 152
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 11/08/2026This 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. 072
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 03/08/2026We are glad she will finally be able to exercise that right and experience the childhood she was denied in #Libya. The survivors came from #Sudan, #Eritrea and #SouthSudan. They endured immense suffering to reach the safety every human being deserves. We wish them all the very best. 020
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 03/08/2026The #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. 121
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026The 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. 132
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026Their case was signaled by @alarmphone.bsky.social. Our ship had been sailing to their last known position all night. Nobody on board had lifejackets. The dinghy was extremely unseaworthy and was adrift. 000
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026The people were weak from the fuel fumes and exhausted after having spent all day yesterday and the entire night at sea. They are now being cared for on the Ocean Viking. 100
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 31/07/2026This 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. 181
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 21/07/20263/3 However, for many of the rescued people, the walls and hurdles are far from over: the new EU pact on Migration and Asylum endangers their access to protection. 014
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 21/07/20262/3 More than a third of the survivors are young men and women from countries like Eritrea and Sudan, whose population has lived through conflicts in which young people are particularly vulnerable. We hope they will be finally safe. 111
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 21/07/20261/3 The #OceanViking has disembarked in #Civitavecchia, Italy, the 38 people rescued on Saturday from an extremely dangerous iron boat in international waters off #Tunisia. 124
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 19/07/2026The #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. 032
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. 183
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 17/07/2026Yesterday, #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. 👇 131
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 30/06/2026The 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. 025
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 12/06/2026Thanks 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. 041
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 24/05/2026Despite the dangers of the #CentralMediterranean, people continue to attempt the crossing in overcrowded boats in unseaworthy conditions. Every rescue is a reminder that dedicated search and rescue capacity, as well as safe and predictable rescue mechanisms, are #urgently needed. 152
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 24/05/2026This 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. 162
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 06/05/2026From violence and detention in Libya to days lost at sea, their journey did not end with a rescue. The #OceanViking was forced to sail 1500km to a place of safety. Assigning distant ports keeps survivors longer at sea & SAR vessels away from where they are most needed: at sea. 001
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 06/05/2026Four 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. 131
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 22/04/2026These deaths could be avoided. They are the result of policy choices: withdrawal of state rescue, outsourcing to Libya/Tunisia & obstruction of NGOs. Without witnesses, data and identification systems, deaths at sea are not only undercounted, they are becoming uncountable. 010
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 23/03/2026The people had spent 2 nights at sea and 4 nights exposed to a stormy weather on the platform before we were able to rescue them. Many endured this additional hardship after fleeing conflicts, wars and persecutions in their home country, across the #Sahara and in #Libya. 131
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 23/03/2026Some survivors report being sold by #Tunisian forces to #Libyan militias at the border between the 2 countries after being intercepted at sea. Others recount being #enslaved for months by unidentified #Libyan groups, leading to people losing their life in the #detention #centers. 100
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 23/03/2026After 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. 183
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 10/03/2026Several alerts of boats in distress were issued while #OceanViking was sent 1296kms away. Some were intercepted back to Libya, some rescued by Italian CG, some remain unknown. We rescued 100 people in one day, 43,073 in the past 10 years. We will be here as long as we are needed 031
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 10/03/2026After 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. 142
SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 06/03/2026Yesterday, 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. 282