SOS MEDITERRANEE
Rescue people in distress. Protect survivors. Bear witness at sea.
NEWS
[PRESS RELEASE] DESPITE ALL OBSTACLES, THE OCEAN VIKING IS PREPARING TO GO BACK AT SEA SHORTLY
After an unprecedented blockage at Europe’s door, the Ocean Viking …
[STATEMENT] The 230 survivors onboard the Ocean Viking will finally disembark in Toulon, France: a bitter relief
A safe place has finally been designated to the Ocean …
[PRESS RELEASE] Following Italy’s silence, SOS MEDITERRANEE urges French maritime authorities to assign a port to disembark the 234 survivors stranded onboard the Ocean Viking since 18 days
“The situation onboard Ocean Viking reached a critical limit. We …
BOARD DIARY
“The sea was calm but the night was dark: barely a quarter moon to illuminate us”
Justine, rescuer on board the Ocean Viking shares her experience …
“What’s left of this shipwreck?”
Justine, SOS MEDITERRANEE rescuer, was onboard Ocean Viking on April 2021, when the team witnessed the tragic consequences of a shipwreck claiming up to 130 lives. A year later, she wonders: “What’s left of this shipwreck and of the bitter minute of silence on board the Ocean Viking?
VOICES OF THE SEA
“I want to make the world aware of what is happening in Libya”
Jahia *, 22 years old, from Cameroun, was one of …
“All these years of having to flee from one place to another, that’s a slow death.”
Zidane*, 31 years old, from Yemen, was one of the …
“My parents don’t know that I’m alive”
20-year-old Hassan fled from Liberia to Libya via Guinea, Mali …
ABOUT US
SOS MEDITERRANEE is a European humanitarian and maritime search and rescue organisation operating in the central Mediterranean. It was founded by citizens in May 2015 in response to the deaths in the Mediterranean and the failure of the European Union to prevent these deaths.
SOS MEDITERRANEE works as a European association with teams in Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland in a European network, jointly financing and operating a rescue ship. From February 2016 to December 2018, SOS MEDITERRANEE chartered and operated the rescue ship Aquarius. Since August 2019, SOS MEDITERRANEE charters and operates the Ocean Viking. Since the launch of our operation, we have assisted more than 34.500 people in distress at sea.
