2019-2024
SAVING LIVES, PROTECTING RIGHTS
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2019-2024
Sos méditerranée
SOS MEDITERRANEE is a European maritime-humanitarian organisation working for the rescue of life from the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded by citizens in May 2015 to save people in distress. From 2016 to 2018, it financed and operated the rescue ship Aquarius. It is now financing and operating the Ocean Viking. We’ve been supporting its Swiss branch since 2019.
CHALLENGE
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ACTION
SOS MEDITERRANEE charters and operates the rescue ship Ocean Viking to save people in distress in the Mediterranean Sea and to protect and assist survivors.
Working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, the team provides those that have been safely brought onboard with medical and psychological care, as well as food, dry clothes, blankets, toiletries and information.
Core to its mission is to bear witness, to inform about the situation in the Mediterranean Sea and to continuously advocate for the respect of maritime law.
The Swiss branch focuses on the legal framework. It aims to clarify and upgrade international law regarding human rights in the maritime environment.
IMPACT
SURVIVORS RESCUED
by SOS MEDITERRANEE, from the launch of its operations to June 2022
19 Jun 2023
Every Refugee has a Story
To mark this World Refugee Day, we invite you to read and recognise the personal stories of those who have been forced to flee their homes and homelands. Our partners collected and shared them with us. Our shared humanity urges us to listen.
23 Jun 2022
Four Common Misconceptions About Migration, Fact-Checked
This International Refugee Week, SOS Méditerranée is helping us debunk some of the most common misconceptions about migration and search and rescue operations
28 Jul 2020
The sea rescue imperative
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread relentlessly across countries and continents, the plight of people attempting to escape across the Mediterranean has been all but forgotten.