🔴 [1/4] Speechless and devastated. After hours of non-stop distress cases, our crew was alerted to another DC. When they arrived they found about 25 people in the water – they had been in there for about 2 hours already. Our crew was able to recover 22 survivors and 2 deceased.
This morning the
#Nadir
reached an overcrowded small wooden boat. Engine defective, heavy water ingress (see video). Immediately a Mayday Relay was sent, 45 min. later all 17 occupants had to be taken on board, because the boat threatened to sink.
1/2 Breaking:
#Nadir
crew assisted the rescues of 5 boats in distress with a total of over 200 people today. One boat capsized during a rescue operation of the italian coastguard, but all 37 people could be rescued from the water in close cooperation with the Nadir-Crew.
+++Nadir prevents
#Pushback
in the Mediterranean+++
This afternoon the crew of
#Nadir
was able to repeatedly prevent an inflatable boat with 74 people on board from being illegally pushed back by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard.
🔴 After
@alarm_phone
alerted about a distress case,
#Nadir
found an overcrowded wooden boat drifting in Maltese SAR-area last night. The 19 people aboard fled from Libya and were at sea for three days already. (1/3)
🟠 Yesterday, the crew of the
#Nadir
managed to provide life jackets to 121 people on an overcrowded wooden boat and escorted them safely to Lampedusa.
@pvolontaires
alerted about the boat in great danger of capsizing due to one meter waves. 1/2
Late this afternoon, the
#Nadir
encountered another overcrowded wooden boat with ~60 people in distress. They were drifting in Maltese SAR zone after their engine stopped to work. Our crew provided first aid and alerted all responsible authorities.
#MonitoringTheMed
In the morning, the
#Nadir
found a wooden boat that was out of fuel and drifting unmanoeuvrable in the southern area of Malta's
#SAR
zone. The Nadir was able to provide the 45 people - among them a pregnant woman - with food, water and life jackets. (1/2)
🔴 Breaking
This afternoon,
#Nadir
encountered a wooden boat in distress with three children on board. The crew provided life jackets to the 41 people who had left
#Libya
two days ago. Currently, Nadir is accompanying the wooden boat towards
#Lampedusa
- the next
#PlaceOfSafety
[3/4] This night has added at least 23 more graves of innocent people to the European graveyard that is the Mediterranean sea. When will this atrocity stop? How long can everyone still look away, how long can politicians play this game? These are human lives!
🟠 Last night,
#Nadir
encountered another wooden boat in distress in the
#Mediterranean
, previously spotted by
#SeaBird
@seawatch_intl
. The 70 people aboard the overcrowded boat had been at sea for several days and were adrift in Maltese SAR zone. (1/2)
🔴 Since Tuesday morning, our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
is back in the central Med. It took less than 24h until it had to assist in a distress case: In the evening, the crew sighted a wooden boat with ~39 people in Maltese SAR zone - heavily overcrowded & unable to maneuver. (1/3)
[2/4] They were told that about 20 people drowned.
We are angry. This is an unspeakable tragedy that could – and should – have been prevented by a humanitarian approach to migration instead of barb-wiring the European borders.
[4/4] Adding to the loss of lives are the deep trauma that the survivors will have to bear for the rest of their lives. We will keep fighting in solidarity and pray, that one day our organization and the whole civil fleet are no longer needed.
REST IN POWER.
⛵️ (1/2) We are back on the water! Today, our crew started its way into the operational area. The last weeks have shown: Every rescue ship is needed! One shipwreck is followed by the next. Support us now and join the fight against the death at Europe’s external borders.
ℹ️NADIR MISSION UPDATE
The Nadir is currently accompanying a boat w/~46 persons on board. 3 Women, 1 pregnant.
Life vests and water have been distributed to the people.
The Nadir is now moving w/ them towards Lampedusa.
We demand urgent support from the responsible Authorities!
In addition to
#SeaWatch3
the
#Nadir
has reached the scene as well.
The situation is very dramatic. Our crew has launched the RHIB, we will provides first aid and support the rescue operation. Updates to follow.
#MonitoringTheMed
🆘️! ~350 lives at risk of drowning!!
We were alerted by ~350 people who report that the boat adrift is taking in water very fast. They urgently ask for rescue as several people have died already! Vessel
#Maridive206
is close but not engaging!
Rescue is needed NOW!
UPDATE: The so-called Libyan Coastguard has been at the scene. They strongly urged our crew to participate in illegally pushing back the people to
#Libya
. Meanwhile, Maltese authorities still refuse to coordinate the case, putting the lives of many people in serious danger.
⛵️ We´ve set sail again! ⛵️
Our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
has left port for its second humanitarian mission this year. It´s currently on its way to the field in the central Mediterranean.
#MonitoringTheMed
Today
#Nadir
, together with
@sea_punks
, was able to assist 35 people who had been at sea for days.
#SeaPunk1
spotted the boat & evacuated the medical emergencies.
#Nadir
came to assist & our Rhib crew brought the remaining people safely onto the
#SeaPunk1
.
#civilfleet
🔴[1/4] In the early hours of the morning, the Nadir found an overcrowded wooden boat with two decks and 130 people on board. The crew became aware of the distress at sea via
@alarm_phone
.
The
#Nadir
managed to locate the wooden boat with 86 aboard. Our crew now provides first care to the people. Among them, there are several children & 3 pregnant women. 1 person is recieving medical treatment. Maltese authorities are informed. Updates to follow.
#MonitoringTheMed
🆘️ 80 people adrift in
#Malta
SAR!
We are in contact with a group in distress, fleing from
#Libya
. The engine stopped and the boat is drifting, the people need to get rescued immediately. They are exhausted and need a place in safety to rest!
1/2 Breaking:
#Nadir
crew just assisted 46 people in
#distress
on an overcrowded metal boat. They had started from Sfax hours but their engine had failed, when Nadir found them in the evening. Our crew was able to get their engine running and accompany the boat towards Lampedusa.
It is getting dark and the
#Nadir
has come across a boat with 22 partially dehydrated people (9 children, 10 men, 3 women).
The crew is providing first aid, but the Nadir is not a rescue ship. Therefore we ask MRCC Rome and RCC Malta to send a ship immediately.
🔴 (1/2) Yesterday afternoon the crew of the Nadir found an unseaworthy steel boat with 22 people on board between Tunisia & Lampedusa. The crew learned of the distress through a radio call from a fisherman. Due to increasing wind and waves, the Nadir took the people on board.
🔴 (1/3) UPDATE: Last night, the Nadir assisted a total of 234 people from six boats in distress, within 5 hours. 3 people are missing. Around 6 pm, the Nadir reached a distress case where the boat had already capsized. 38 people were pulled out of the water by 3 fishing boats.
🔴 UPDATE
This morning,
#Nadir
found an overcrowded wooden boat with over 60 people on board. Our crew informed the relevant authorities. 1,5 hours later the Italian Coast Guard arrived and brought the people to safety.
+++Update and overview on rescue operation+++
Despite several distress calls, rescue coordination centers in
#ITA
,
#GER
and
#MLT
remained idle for over 8h.
With help of the
#Astral
our crew was able to accommodate all people on life rafts and partially on board of the
#Nadir
.
🔴 (1/2) This morning, our crew found an overcrowded wooden boat in the Maltese SAR with 73 people on board, including three unaccompanied minors. The distress case was previously reported by
@alarm_phone
. The people were spread over two decks and had departed from Libya.
🟠In the morning, the crew of the
#Nadir
discovered a two-storey boat drifting in the Libyan
#SAR
zone, unable to manoeuvre. On board the wooden boat were 76 men, including a baby and several minors. 1/2
🟠 [1/2] During the night,
#Nadir
found a distress case reported by
@alarm_phone
. The engine of the overcrowded boat was broken. Our crew was able to provide the 62 people with rescue equipment and, in consultation with the authorities, pulled the boat towards Lampedusa.
[1/3] What happened on Easter weekend testifies once again to the importance of our work. Every ship that rescues is needed. The Med is more crowded than it has been for a long time. The civilian fleet has its hands full - in a few days we will be active again. But we need you.
After finding 12 boats in distress and supporting 580 people during its last rotation, the Nadir crew is back on its third operation today. We continue to be present on the Mediterranean where every rescue ship in needed! Support us with your donation!
🟢 UPDATE:
#Nadir
has a port of safety!
More than 40 hours after the rescue, authorities assigned an entry permit for the port of
#Lampedusa
, where all people could finally disembar in safety during the night. (1/2)
⚪️🔴Second mission for the
#Nadir
: The crew discovered another overcrowded boat in distress yesterday in the Maltese SAR zone. On board were 85 people, some dehydrated and severely exhausted from their arduous escape, including a pregnant woman. 1/2
🔴 UPDATE (1/2)
Yesterday evening, the Nadir encountered a wooden boat with 45 people on board. Our crew provided first aid and accompanied the people to the Italian SAR region, where the Italian authorities took them on board.
🔴21 people survived shipwreck
Last night a boat with 21 people sunk, after they had alerted
@alarm_phone
. The
#Nadir
crew found the 21 survivors in the water despite it being dark, because one shipwrecked person managed to hold up a light.
With government help still absent 24 hours since
@seawatchcrew
and
@alarm_phone
's first distress calls, the
#Nadir
had its next mission in the early evening: 25 people adrift on a small wooden boat unable to maneuver and with no means of rescue. 1/2
🔴 (1/2) Breaking: The supported an overcrowded boat with about 55 people in distress. They were spotted by
@PVolontaires
before. After reporting the case to the authorities and providing the people with life jackets and water, the Nadir accompanied the people towards Lampedusa.
🔴[1/2] Breaking: The Nadir crew assisted approx. 35 ppl. in distress on an overcrowded wooden boat. The boat had a low freeboard and a poor stability. Their engine was still running, so the Nadir accompanied them towards Lampedusa until the Guardia di Finanza came.
(1/2)
#Tunisia
is to become another EU gatekeeper violently preventing people from fleeing. To close this multi-million dollar deal with a country that hunts down Black ppl, simply abandons them in the desert & arrests them en masse, is a crime & betrayal of people & humanity.
🔴
#Nadir
supported 144 ppl in distress the last 36 hours, on 5 boats. Among them many women & children. All of them were safely handed over to the IT coast guard. It‘s difficult to keep track of the situation on the
#Med
, hourly new distress cases get in. No rest for our crew!
🟠60 persons, who had left Libya in a rubber boat, were in severe distress and alerted
@alarmphone
. The
#Nadir
crew located and stabilized the boat by evacuating 22 ppl onto rafts and a baby and its mother onto the Nadir. When
#SeaEye4
arrived, they took all people safely aboard
🔴 (1/2) Yesterday afternoon,
#Nadir
found a metal boat with 40 people including 4 babies, 9 women, 1 pregnant on board. The engine was broken & water was leaking in. The crew stabilized the boat until the Italian coast guard arrived. Around 7pm people were brought to
#Lampedusa
.
In the afternoon,
#Nadir
encountered a crowded wooden boat in the malt. SAR zone on an overcrowded wooden boat with about 95 people on board. They had already been at sea since Friday. Our crew took care of the first aid here as well and alerted the responsible authorities. (1/2)
🔴 BREAKING (1/2) On board the
#Nadir
are currently 87 people from 3 boats that our crew rescued, together with the
#Imara
. At the same time, another 15 people remain in a life raft of the
#Nadir
. Among them, again, several injured people fleeing the violence in Tunisia.
🟠50 people in distress on an overcrowded wooden boat called
@alarm_phone
. When the
#Nadir
arrived in the night, the crew had to transfer 20 people onto rafts as the boat was in acute danger of capsizing. Again,
@seaeyeorg
came to evacuate all survivors onto their vessel.
🔴The
#Nadir
was alarmed of an overcrowded metal boat with 45 people today. The crew distributed life jackets. Panic broke out when they boarded the boat of the IT coastguard, causing 30 people to fall into the water. The metal boat sank. Everyone was rescued and taken to LMP.
🔴UPDATE
#Nadir
found an overcrowded boat with ~50 people this morning & is now accompanying them. Due to rough seas, one person fell into the water, another jumped in after him. Both were able to get back into the boat. We demand the responsible authorities to react immediately!
🔴Tonight, supported by
@alarm_phone
,
#Nadir
found a boat with 42 people, incl. 6 minors. Bad weather increased the risk of capsizing, so all were taken on board in the dark. The people were on the water for 3 days. They are seriously exhausted & will now be taken to
#Lampedusa
.
1/2 Our crew found a boat with 65 occupants late this afternoon that had departed Tunisia early this morning. Among them were 5 children, two of whom were traveling without adults. After our crew took over the first aid, they accompanied the boat to the Italian SAR zone.
🔴During the night,
#Nadir
encountered two overcrowded and unmaneuverable boats in distress in Maltese SAR zone. In total, 34 people were aboard, among them many children and one heavily pregnant woman. They all are recieving first care now on board the
#Nadir
. (1/2)
🔴 1/2 The crew of the Nadir and its 19 guests continue to wait for the assignment of a safe port. As the Nadir has no capacity to keep people on board for a longer period of time, the people, who have been on their way for days, have to stay on deck.
🔴[1/2] Yesterday evening our crew encountered an overcrowded boat, with 35 people from Gambia and Bangladesh on board, which was previously spotted by Seabird. Our crew reported the case and provided the people with life jackets.
🟠 UPDATE: Almost 36h ago, 59 people have been rescued from distress in the Med by
#Nadir
. She isn´t designed to care for so many people over such a long period of time, the situation on board is no longer acceptable. Yet, European authorities refuse to provide assistance. (1/4)
Our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
has encountered a boat with ~105 people in Maltese SAR zone. Our crew is taking care of their first aid, but this turns out to be difficult: The wooden boat is massively overcrowded and threatened to capsize. (1/2)
📸
@seawatch_intl
🔴 [1/2] Yesterday was an upsettingly sad day. Our crew was able to support 6 boats in distress with about 220 people on board, within only a few hours. Without a break, our crew was called from one distress at sea to the next, sometimes assisting several boats at once.
Insanity! Every ship is needed right now. There is NO reason to send one of the two active ships to a port that far away. This is European politics trying to get civil SAR-ships out of the way! That people drown because of this, obviously leaves them cold.
Yesterday
#afternoon
, the Nadir encountered an unseaworthy boat with 14 people in distress in the Maltese SAR zone. Our crew provided first aid and distributed life jackets, among other things. We requested assistance from the authorities and escorted the boat. (1/2)
🔴(1/2) Just as the Nadir reached the area of operation, our crew encountered a unstable boat in the Maltese SAR zone. In a one-hour rescue operation, the crew was able to rescue all 41 people and take them on board. The Italian authorities then assigned the port of Lampedusa.
After the
#Nadir
arrived in Lampedusa 10 days ago, a quarantine was imposed on the entire crew by the Italian authorities. Yesterday the quarantine was ended and all crew members tested negative. Now the sails are set and the
#Nadir
is ready to sail again!
#monitoringthemed
[1/2] 🔴Update: Yesterday, the
#Nadir
accompanied a boat with 10 ppl in distress towards Lampedusa. They started from Libya. Shortly before they arrived in Lampedusa all ppl were rescued by the Italian authorities. In the evening the crew met another boat with 21 people on board.
🟠 Only 24h after
#Nadir
returned to the Central Med, the crew provided first aid to ~30 people in distress last night. Their boats were adrift south of
#Lampedusa
. The Ital. Coastguard arrived shortly after the distress calls and evacuated the people on the move to Lampedusa.
Follow
@RefugeesinLibya
for first-hand information and share their posts. They are in danger and need every attention! The EU must immediately end its cooperation with Libya.
We denounce the excessive use of violence on refugees by the Libyan authorities.We call for the immediate release of all the detainees.
@UNHCRLibya
to be investigated. Al Khoja to be held accountable by the law. Full video ⬇️
@hrw
@AJEnglish
@AmnestyAR
After 10 days of quarantine, our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
is now back in Malta. Ahead of us are now a crew change and minor work on the ship, before we soon set sail again in the direction of the central Mediterranean.
📸 Lars Hermes |
@NicaCollective
The Nadir is back in the field and has been sailing search patterns in the central Med. since today in order to document the situation there and to be able to provide assistance to people in distress at sea - a job that should actually be taken over by the europ. state community.
🔴[1/3] UPDATE:
#Nadir
is supporting hundreds of ppl in distress in several operations. "The horizon was full of lights, there were people in distress everywhere," is how the crew described it. Last night, our crew encountered 2 boats in danger of capsizing, with approx. 100 ppl.
🔴 Upon arriving in the area of operation,
#Nadir
found a rubber boat in distress this morning.
@alarm_phone
alerted about the 33 persons, that had left Libya 2 days prior. After distributing water & life-saving equipment, the crew is now accompanying the boat towards
#Lampedusa
.
🔴UPDATE: Today at noon, our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
encountered another wooden boat with ~180 people in distress. They had already been at sea for 3 days, their health is condition partly critical. Our crew informed the responsible authorities and provided first aid. 1/2
🔴 (1/2) Following a distress call from
@alarm_phone
, the Nadir encountered an overcrowded boat with 120 people on board last night. The engine kept failing, which is why the boat couldn't move forward.
(1/3) Non-stop operation: Yesterday,
#Nadir
found 8 boats in distress within 14h, with a total of 341 people on board. Our crew distributed life jackets and provided first aid. In cooperation with the IT Coast Guard and
@pilotesvolontaires
, the crew assisted several 100 refugees.
🟠 UPDATE: In addition to the Nadir, a total of six Italian authority vessels accompanied the fishing boat until late in the evening in high waves. At around 11pm, the convoy reached Lampedusa, where people are now waiting to safely disembark after their long journey.
UPDATE: 🇲🇹 authorities refuse to coordinate the case. The crew of the
#Nadir
succesfully managed to provide first care to the ppl in distress. Now they have to be transfered to a bigger ship & brought to a port of safety.
@Armed_Forces_MT
it´s your duty to act!
📸
@seawatch_intl
🔴 SOS (1/2) The
#Nadir
and the
#AitaMari
of
@smhumanitario
are currently assisting over 290 people in distress, spread over 6 boats. While 170 people are already on the AM, around 120 people still need urgent assistance.
#Shipwreck
🚨 off
#Kerkennah
,
#Tunisia
An overcrowded boat carrying 123 people,including 30 women,13 children & babies,sank around 10pm last night,over 60 disappeared.
The boat had left the Tunisian coast yesterday at 18:00
We continue to call for safe routes
#TunisIsNotSafe
1/2 Yesterday, in windy weather, Nadir cared for a total of 75 people in
#distress
from two boats. The first case, an unmaneuverable boat with 35 people, the crew had to evacuate quickly as it was in acute danger of capsizing…
🔴(1/2)
#Nadir
is currently caring for 51 people on board. The rescue came too late for 10 people.
A total of 61 people were on the wooden boat, which was full of water. Our crew was able to evacuate 51 people, two of whom were unconscious - they had to be cut free with an axe.
We stand in solidarity with
@RefugeesinLibya
and continue to demand the end of the cooperation of the German government and Frontex with the Libyan coast guard. The evacuation of refugees from inhumane camps is non-negotiable. (1/3)
🟢⛵️ We will be sailing in the Mediterranean this year again - Crewing for our 2022 monitoring missions has just kicked off!
👉🏾 If you want to support us aboard the
#Nadir
with your nautical, medical or media skills, get in touch with us via crewing
@resqship
.org!
After being at sea for two days and drifting aimlessly for many hours, 45 people could be found by the
#Nadir
crew at night – thanks to an alert by
@alarm_phone
. The boat was then towed northbound by Nadir until eventually all people were rescued by the Guardia di Finanza.
🟠 UPDATE: Also on day 2 after the rescue, Malta and Italy refused to send a ship to evacuate the people. In the evening hours,
#Nadir
then was assigned Lampedusa as a safe port. Just now, all 34 rescued were able to safely disembark there. (1/3)
🟠⚪️ UPDATE: Just after a few hours in the operational area, the Nadir encountered a completely overcrowded wooden boat with 60 people on board this afternoon. Previously, our crew was informed about the boat by Seabird
@seawatchcrew
. 1/2
Our monitoring vessel
#Nadir
remains anchoring off
#Lampedusa
, after Italian authorities enacted a ten-day quarantine on Wednesday. In the past week, the crew managed to provide first aid to a total of ~100 people in distress. We aim to be back in the med soon
#MonitoringTheMed
🟠 During the first two weeks of November, on our 7th monitoring mission this year, our crew was able to give first aid assistance to ~210 people on the move in distress in the central Mediterranean.
The
#Nadir
now faces a break from the mission for several months. (1/3)
2/2 One young boy is still in critical condition and needs treatment. Since we are currently the only
#civilfleet
NGO asset in the central Mediterranean, we will keep looking for distress cases to assist.
Yesterday, late in the afternoon,
#Nadir
encountered an overcrowded wooden boat in Maltese SAR-Zone with 88 people on board. A radio distress call from a fisherman alerted the crew to the distress case. (1/2)
1/2 The crew of the
#Nadir
found 30 people in distress in the early morning. The overcrowded boat was very unstable, already taking on water and moving forward slowly. For safety, 9 women and one child were taken aboard the
#Nadir
after one woman suffered a panic attack.
🔴 Last night, the
#Nadir
encountered a boat with 27 people in distress in Maltese SAR zone. Among them were several children and a woman 8 months pregnant. The condition of the people was partly critical, 6 medical emergencies had to be treated aboard our vessel. (1/2)
Our crew finally managed to safely take all people on board the
#Nadir
. We now demand the immediate evacuation of the people to a bigger ship and a port of saftey! Nadir is NOT a rescue ship, it can only provide first aid.
Updates to come. (3/3)
#MonitoringTheMed
🔴This afternoon, with help of
@PVolontaires
,
#Nadir
found a boat with low freeboard: 44 people, incl. 10 women & 1 pregnant woman. Water entered the boat. The Crew distributed life jackets & transferred 15 people to rafts for relief. The IT Coast Guard took them on board at 8pm.
🔴 (1/3) Update: Today at noon, our crew found a boat in the Maltese SAR zone with 37 people on board, including three minors. Our crew reported the case, provided the people with life jackets and accompanied them for several hours towards Lampedusa.
🔴 (1/2) This afternoon our crew encountered a boat in distress in the Malt. SAR zone with 39 people on board, including 4 unaccompanied minors. The people had departed from TUN yesterday. The steel boat was hanging low in the water, increasing the risk of capsizing by the hour.
🟠 (1/2) Nadir supported over 600 ppl the last 2 days. The situation in the Mediterranean remains intolerable and deadly! While European states continue to rely on isolation, 100s of people are in distress every day. People experiencing racist violence, torture, & exploitation.
⚫️ (1/2) Terrible news from the Med: Off the coast of Lampedusa, 2 shipwrecks happened. While the IT coast guard was able to rescue 57 people from the water, 30 people remain missing. So far, only the bodies of a woman and a child have been recovered.
🟠The
#Nadir
is currently accompanying 30 people in an unseaworthy wooden boat. The engine keeps failing. Darkness is about to fall.
#EU
authorities need to make sure, that the people reach the nearest place of safety as soon as possible.
🔴 Alerted by
@PVolontaires
,
#Nadir
was able to locate a highly unseaworthy metal boat with 44 people, incl. 4 babies and 12 women. Lots of water was entering the boat, so our crew evacuated most of them on our life rafts. Later, everyone got rescued by IT Coastguard.
110 people who fled Libya on an overcrowded boat had alerted
@alarm_phone
about being in distress. Over 50 of them were crammed in the narrow lower deck and had problems breathing, one person at times lost consciousness, when
#Nadir
found them early this morning.
📸 Andrea Finkel
(1/2) Our crew returns to the Mediterranean Sea today. This marks the start of our fourth rotation this year. The last three were characterized by sleepless non-stop operations - this year only, we were able to support around 1400 people at sea.