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One minute of flight to search for people in distress in the Mediterranean

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One minute of flight to search for people in distress in the Mediterranean
Day 6
Reconnaissance flights in the central Mediterranean

When people flee across the Mediterranean, they have often already completed a long and arduous journey. Many of them have experienced terrible things in their home countries and en route. The refugees associate the Mediterranean with the hope of escaping the situation and being able to reach the European mainland. At the same time, however, the sea also represents a great danger. Many people on board cannot swim. With no land in sight, the shipwrecked people are in danger of drowning. Since 2014, headlines in European media have regularly reported that people have drowned while fleeing to Europe. Aid organizations are active in the Mediterranean in order to detect maritime emergencies in the Mediterranean in good time. The ships receive support primarily from a civilian reconnaissance aircraft. This flies regular missions to enable timely rescue operations.

Reconnaissance flights in the central Mediterranean
need
Search for and rescue of refugees in distress at sea in the central Mediterranean.
activity
The Moonbird reconnaissance aircraft flies over the search and rescue area, actively searching for people in distress at sea and reporting maritime emergencies.
Measurable performance
Number of minutes of reconnaissance flights by the Moonbird mission to search for people in distress at sea.
Result
People in distress at sea are discovered earlier. The chance of rescuing people fleeing across the central Mediterranean increases.
Systemically relevant impact
People are rescued from drowning and cared for.
background

People all over the world are fleeing for a variety of reasons. Most people arriving in Libya come from African countries seeking protection from poverty, oppression and violence. But there are also people from Syria among them, fleeing the civil war there. Refugees repeatedly report on the traumatic experiences of their escape and the inhumane living conditions in Libya. There is usually no way for people to apply for asylum from abroad. So they make their way to Europe by sea. The Mediterranean is still considered the most dangerous border in the world in 2019. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, well over 18,000 people have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past 5 years (UN, 2019). For many of these people, however, crossing the Mediterranean remains the only way out of the terrible situation in Libya and thus the only hope for a better life.

Mediterranean Sea, Central Mediterranean
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The good deed

With today's good deed, you are enabling the Moonbird reconnaissance aircraft to search for refugees for one minute. In doing so, you are supporting the active search for people in distress in the search and rescue area north of the Libyan coast. Your donation will help ensure that people in distress at sea can be tracked down and rescued as early as possible. Without aerial reconnaissance, maritime emergencies are often only discovered much later, or in the worst case, too late or not at all. The reconnaissance flights also document the current situation in the central Mediterranean from the air and make it public. In this way, the global community and politicians learn more about the current situation and are sensitized. This keeps the issue present.

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The search and rescue area 24 miles north of the Libyan coast in the central Mediterranean has been one of the most dangerous sea routes in the world for years.
About the organization and further information

organization

Sea Watch eV

Website

https://sea-watch.org

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