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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 2d

After handing in the report on Sunday in Lampedusa, NADIR sailed to a fourth distress case relayed by Seabird 3. In the dark, the crew found 77 people. Two went overboard but were recovered by our tender. Later, all were evacuated by the Coast Guard.

📷 Stefania Olivotto | RESQSHIP

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 2d

While en route to submit a report, Sparrow2 reported another distress case near NADIR. Our crew searched all night and early morning, finding an empty, unmarked boat. We are worried. If drowned or intercepted – the fate of those on board remains unknown.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 2d

Shortly thereafter, @sea-watch.org Seabird3 reported a distress case nearby: around 88 people on a wooden boat. Our crew found them too, and they were brought to Lampedusa by the coast guard before the weather worsened on Sunday.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 2d

NADIR assisted 243 people over the weekend and found a fourth boat empty.

On Saturday at noon, our crew spotted 78 people on an unseaworthy wooden boat. After stabilising the situation, the survivors were evacuated by the Italian coastguard.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 14d

📸 Pietro Bertora | RESQSHIP

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 14d

At sunset, we faced the silence of injustice. The abandoned boat was a manifest symptom of Europe’s border policies outsourced to militias. These are not rescues but forced returns, leaving rights shattered at sea and lives erased without accountability.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 14d

Later, our crew found the very same rubber boat: empty, with belongings left behind. Those crossing #CentralMed to seek safety had been forced back by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard, in yet another illegal pullback trampling on human rights by bringing people back to Libya.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 14d

❕Empty boats, shattered rights❕

On monday, following a Mayday Relay from EAGLE2, reporting 50 people on an overcrowded boat, NADIR headed south to support. Upon arrival, our crew observed a high-speed vessel from the so-called Libyan Coast Guard. Radar showed it stop briefly before turning east.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 21d

📷 Pietro Bertora | RESQSHIP

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 21d

Our crew de-escalated the situation calmly until, after 20 min, the vessel finally turned away. While we are relieved all are safe, we condemn this harassment. EU states fund militias that violate International Law daily. We demand an end to all collaboration with the so-called Libyan coastguard!

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 21d

Due to the dangerously lowered freeboard, our crew decided to evacuate everyone to the NADIR. Shortly afterwards, the radar showed a fast-approaching vessel without navigation lights. The militia boat came within 20 metres of our stern, issuing aggressive radio orders to “Stop the vessel!”

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · 21d

Harassment at sea following an evacuation of 44 people‼️
On Monday evening, our crew evacuated 44 people from an overcrowded rubber boat in distress. Amongst them were eight minors. The survivors had no life-saving equipment, the engine was broken, and the boat had already taken on water.

survivors from a rubber boat in distress after having been evacuated aboard NADIR. In the morning hours they spot the island of Lampedusa, where only a couple of hours later they would disembark safely.

Survivors on an unseaworthy rubber boat with a broken engine after the first contact with the NADIR tender crew. The crew distributed life-saving equipment and drinking water. Only shortly after everybody was evacuated aboard NADIR as the freeboard of the rubber boat was dangerously low.

After the evacuation: helmets resting in the lower deck. In the background: the SAR coordinator and co-skipper.

Disembarkation on the island of Lampedusa. Survivors safely go on land, helped by the RESQSHIP crew. In the background authorities wait on the pier.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 26

Although the Coast Guard took charge, NADIR must still sail to Lampedusa to file a special report. This is an intentional obstruction. States and the EU should uphold their duty to rescue at sea, not outsource it to NGOs and then hinder them with needless bureaucracy. This practice must end.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 26

This morning, NADIR overheard a Mayday Relay from a fishing vessel: 130 people on a wooden boat. Alongside @openarmsfund.bsky.social’ ASTRAL, NADIR headed to the scene. ASTRAL notified about another case: 60 people on a rubber boat. We gave life vests, but the Italian Coast Guard soon evacuated all.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

Their deaths were preventable. Safe passage is urgently needed to end the dying in the Mediterranean. We will not stop saying it, because no one should be forced to risk their lives at sea in search of safety.

Rest in Power 🖤

Commemorational post cites crew member Barbara Sartore (communications coordinator aboard NADIR): "While we were evacuating the people one by one from the rubber boat onto the NADIR, I suddenly heard screams and someone pointed to the water inside the boat. It became clear that there were bodies underneath the surface. The boat was dangerously overcrowded, it was pitch-dark, water was flooding in, people were panicking. In that chaos, it was impossible to see that the three sisters, sitting deep inside the boat, had already drowned. When the survivors realized, it was sheer horror."

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

Today, we mourn three young sisters, aged 9, 11, and 17, who lost their lives far too soon, drowned Friday night in a flooded, overcrowded boat. Their mother, brother, aunt, and friends survived, but now face the unbearable grief of losing them in such a senseless way. Our thoughts are with them.

Commemorational post says: We mourn the unbearable death of three sisters who drowned inside a flooded runner boat. Their Lives were taken far too soon. 22nd of August.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

That evening, also NADIR arrived on the island with the remaining survivors and the bodies.

➡️ Find our full press release on our website: resqship.org/en/three-sis...

Three sisters drown in rubber boat – NADIR rescues 65 people in distress at sea - RESQSHIP

The civilian sailing ship NADIR, belonging to the German NGO RESQSHIP, is prevented from setting sail for the second time in a month.

resqship.org

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

Our medical team attempted resuscitation, but without success. Their mother and brother survived. In the morning, relatives were given time to grieve and say goodbye.

On Saturday afternoon, the Italian Coast Guard evacuated medical cases and families to Lampedusa.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

Only hours later, water began to enter the boat. People desperately tried to bail it out. After an alert from @alarmphoneofficial, our ship NADIR reached them around 1am.

During the evacuation, survivors discovered the girls’ bodies inside the boat.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 24

🖤 Three sisters aged 9, 11 and 17 drowned in the #CentralMed, another person remains missing. Our NADIR crew rescued 65 people from a flooded, overcrowded rubber boat that same night, on saturday early morning.

The group had departed Zuwara, Libya, the day before.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 17

Our crew provided life jackets, water, food & thermal blankets, and informed the relevant authorities. To stabilize the boat, Nadir took it in tow and set course for Lampedusa, the closest port of safety. At 1 am, the Italian Coast Guard arrived, took the people on board & brought them to Lampedusa.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yesterday, the aircraft #Seabird2 alerted #Nadir to a distress case. An hour later, our crew found the boat drifting in high waves, with 12 people on board. They had departed from Libya the day before. Nadir arrived just in time as the so-called Libyan Coast Guard was around.

📸 Barbara Sartore

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nd.aktuell @ndaktuell.bsky.social · Aug 16

Mit der Organisation @resqship.bsky.social war Kaltinka Sturm im Mittelmeer unterwegs, versorgte Menschen in Seenot und war zusammen mit der gesamten Besatzung immer wieder zum Nichtstun verurteilt - durch die italienischen Behörden.
#Seenotrettung

Behinderung von Seenotrettung: »Das Warten ist frustrierend«

Mit der Organisation Resqship war Kaltinka Sturm im Mittelmeer unterwegs, versorgte Menschen in Seenot und war zusammen mit der gesamten Besatzung immer wieder zum Nichtstun verurteilt - durch die…

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · Aug 7

🚨 URGENT: Italian authorities have just detained our monitoring aircraft Seabird. The italian government is trying to eliminate us as witnesses from the Mediterranean.
They want to hide what’s happening at sea.
We won’t let them. We will keep you informed.

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RESQSHIP @resqship.bsky.social · Aug 7

As the weather situation worsened, our crew remained with them, urging authorities to act. After six hours, the Italian Coast Guard arrived and took the survivors on board.

Crew member aboard monitoring vessel NADIR observes the transshipment of survivors of the rubber boat to a ship of the Italian Coast Guard. The NADIR tender stood close to stabilise the situation.

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