Sea-Watch Stages Powerful Campaign for Sea Rescue: “LIFEBOAT – The Experiment” gives a realistic insight into the fears of Mediterranean Refugees

At least 6 people still die every day fleeing across the Mediterranean. In 2018 alone, at least 2,277 people attempting to cross the sea were unable to reach dry land. As the work of civil sea rescue organisations is hampered, the proportion of deaths and missing persons in the Mediterranean has quadrupled since 2015. It is also alarming that 85 percent of Germans are not even aware of the extent of this crisis, according to a YouGov survey* commissioned by Sea-Watch Michael Schwickart of Sea-Watch explains: “When we started civil…

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