Sea-Eye

Sea-Eye is a German non-governmental organization headquartered in Regensburg. It participates in the rescue of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean, in particular by having chartered the ships Sea-Eye and Seefuchs/ Sea Fox until August 2017,[1][2] then the Alan Kurdi (named in memory of the young Syrian found drowned on a Turkish beach in 2015) and since August 2020 the Sea-Eye 4.[3][4] In June 2021, Sea-Eye received honorary citizenship from the mayor of Palermo.[5]

  1. ^ "Sea-Eye rettet keine Flüchtlinge mehr" [Sea-Eye no longer rescues refugees]. n-tv.de. Retrieved 2019-07-08..
  2. ^ "Plusieurs ONG suspendent le sauvetage de migrants en Méditerranée" [Several NGOs suspend the rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean]. Le Monde. 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  3. ^ "SEA-EYE 4 The fourth rescue ship". sea-eye.org'. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "December 2020 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them". European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, fra.europa.eu'. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Orlando conferisce la cittadinanza onoraria di Palermo alla Sea Eye" [Orlando confers honorary citizenship of Palermo on Sea Eye]. PalermoToday (in Italian). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2024.