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European Organisation for the Rescue of Lives at Sea. Updates from our Search and Rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean #OceanViking #TogetherForRescue
“We have witnessed once more a low in the history of Search & Rescue in the Med: the open and active collaboration of what we suspect was a European State aircraft in a blatantly illegal interception and subsequent pushback."
-Mar, SAR Coordinator onboard the Ocean Viking
-Mar, SAR Coordinator onboard the Ocean Viking
January 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“We have witnessed once more a low in the history of Search & Rescue in the Med: the open and active collaboration of what we suspect was a European State aircraft in a blatantly illegal interception and subsequent pushback."
-Mar, SAR Coordinator onboard the Ocean Viking
-Mar, SAR Coordinator onboard the Ocean Viking
We were less than one hour away.
#OceanViking was ordered to turn back by the LCG while ~60 ppl were in distress at sea.
After the attack this summer, escalating violence forced us to protect our crew & survivors onboard.
Not a failure of rescue. A failure of the SAR system.
#OceanViking was ordered to turn back by the LCG while ~60 ppl were in distress at sea.
After the attack this summer, escalating violence forced us to protect our crew & survivors onboard.
Not a failure of rescue. A failure of the SAR system.
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
We were less than one hour away.
#OceanViking was ordered to turn back by the LCG while ~60 ppl were in distress at sea.
After the attack this summer, escalating violence forced us to protect our crew & survivors onboard.
Not a failure of rescue. A failure of the SAR system.
#OceanViking was ordered to turn back by the LCG while ~60 ppl were in distress at sea.
After the attack this summer, escalating violence forced us to protect our crew & survivors onboard.
Not a failure of rescue. A failure of the SAR system.
33 people have disembarked off the #OceanViking in #Savona this morning. Among them, two families with small children.
We are glad they are finally safe.
We are glad they are finally safe.
January 5, 2026 at 12:33 PM
33 people have disembarked off the #OceanViking in #Savona this morning. Among them, two families with small children.
We are glad they are finally safe.
We are glad they are finally safe.
1/2 Today,#OceanViking evacuated 33 ppl rescued by #Maridrive703 in the overlapping Maltese-Tunisian SRR,incl. 3 women (1 pregnant) & 3 children.A few are medical cases after a week at sea. Survivors report another group was pushedback to #Tunisia.
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1/2 Today,#OceanViking evacuated 33 ppl rescued by #Maridrive703 in the overlapping Maltese-Tunisian SRR,incl. 3 women (1 pregnant) & 3 children.A few are medical cases after a week at sea. Survivors report another group was pushedback to #Tunisia.
Four months after the violent attack we faced by the Libyan Coast Guards, and despite a rise of violence in the Central Mediterranean, our teams onboard the Ocean Viking are going back to do what they do best: Rescue people in distress at sea, protect them, and bear witness.
December 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Four months after the violent attack we faced by the Libyan Coast Guards, and despite a rise of violence in the Central Mediterranean, our teams onboard the Ocean Viking are going back to do what they do best: Rescue people in distress at sea, protect them, and bear witness.