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List of migrant and refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean Sea names ships run by NGOs due to the migration across the Mediterranean Sea. They were chartered or bought specifically for this purpose.[1][2]

List[edit]

Sorted by name:

Ship Organization Flag Length Comment Image
Aquarius SOS Mediterranee / Médecins Sans Frontières  Gibraltar 77 m Mission ended in December 2018[3] Aquarius
Bourbon Argos[4] Médecins Sans Frontières  Luxembourg 69 m Mission stopped in August 2017.
Golfo Azzurro Proactiva Open Arms  Panama 40 m
VOS Hestia Save the Children  Italy 59 m Stopped operations in October 2017[5]
Iuventa[6] Jugend Rettet  Netherlands 33 m Seized on allegation of cooperation with migrant smugglers.
Lifeline
(ex Sea-Watch 2)
Mission Lifeline  Netherlands 32 m Lifeline
Louise Michel none  Germany 30,3 m active since August 2020[7]
Mare Jonio Mediterranea Saving Humans  Italy 37,5m active since October 2018[8]
Minden Lifeboat Project  Germany 23 m stopped operations[5] Minden
Open Arms Proactiva Open Arms  Spain 37 m Active[9] Open Arms
Phoenix Migrant Offshore Aid Station  Belize 40 m
VOS Prudence Médecins Sans Frontières Belgique  Italy 75 m Stopped operations in Oct. 2017[5]
Sea-Eye Sea-Eye  Netherlands 26 m Stopped operations after contestation of NL flag and seizure in Malta in July 2018[5] Sea-Eye
Sea-Watch Mare Liberum  Germany 21 m Since 2017 no longer rescue ship but monitors the Aegean[10]
Sea-Watch 3 Sea-Watch  Netherlands 50 m
Sea-Watch 4 Sea-Watch  Germany 60,7 m active since August 2020
Seefuchs Sea-Eye  Netherlands 26 m Stopped SAR operations in 2018. It was then donated to PROEM-AID and renamed ‘Life’.[5] Seefuchs

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer – Helfer sind Opfer einer fatalen Dynamik". ZEIT Online (in German). 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  2. ^ Cusumano, Eugenio; Villa, Matteo (2020-09-09). "From "Angels" to "Vice Smugglers": the Criminalization of Sea Rescue NGOs in Italy". European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. doi:10.1007/s10610-020-09464-1. ISSN 1572-9869.
  3. ^ "MSF ship Aquarius ends migrant rescues in Mediterranean". BBC News. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ^ "On the boat saving refugee lives on the deadliest sea crossing in the world". The Independent. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ a b c d e "2019 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and criminal investigations". European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Migrant rescue crew of Iuventa awarded human rights prize". InfoMigrants. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ Berlin, Lorenzo Tondo Maurice Stierl in (2020-08-28). "Banksy-funded boat nears 'state of emergency' as it shelters 200 people". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ^ "Rescue ship Mare Ionio back at sea for eighth mission". InfoMigrants. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  9. ^ November 08; 2020. "Humanitarian ship Open Arms resumes rescue operations". Majalat. Retrieved 2020-11-16. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Mare Liberum: human rights monitoring at peril in the Aegean". SAROBMED. Retrieved 2020-11-16.