From bd0251ca42fb66a096775b515acbbd87fb113994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomislav Medak Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 18:33:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'content/annex/seawatch.md' --- content/annex/seawatch.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/annex/seawatch.md b/content/annex/seawatch.md index f062ad0..8562336 100644 --- a/content/annex/seawatch.md +++ b/content/annex/seawatch.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mentioned_in: ["/topic/searescue.md"] The Sea-Watch grew out of an initiative of volunteers who could no longer stand by watching as people were drowning. In late 2014 they banded together to acquire a 20m sea cutter and in May of 2015 the Sea-Watch I was in Lampedusa to start its first mission — helping in the Euorpean Union-coordinated sea rescue operations by conducting search for boats in distress and navigating larger ships to take people on board and bring them to a safety in European ports. -{{< figure src="/images/seawatch.jpeg" width="100%" title="Figure 1. Sea-Watch. Photo Crhis Grodotzki" >}} +{{< figure src="/images/seawatch.jpeg" width="100%" title="Figure 1. Sea-Watch 4. Photo: Crhis Grodotzki/Sea-Watch" >}} # Externalisation of EU borders @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ In May 2016 the Sea-Watch II was for the first time instructed to take the rescu # Present operations -The civilian sea and rescue organisations are [estimated to have saved 100,000 lives since 2014](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/The-CMR-The-deadliest-migration-route.pdf). Sea-Watch and Doctors Without Borders are the only NGOs still resisting EU's clamp-down. Currently, Sea-Watch operates a 55m Sea-Watch 3, jointly with Doctors without Borders a 60m Sea-Watch 4, a 31m Louise Michel and two reconnaissance planes Moonbird and Seabird. +The civilian sea and rescue organisations are [estimated to have saved 100,000 lives since 2014](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/The-CMR-The-deadliest-migration-route.pdf). Sea-Watch and Doctors Without Borders are the only NGOs still resisting EU's clamp-down. Currently, Sea-Watch operates a 55m Sea-Watch 3 and jointly with Doctors without Borders a 60m Sea-Watch 4, as well as two reconnaissance planes Moonbird and Seabird. It's sister organisation operats a 31m speed boat Louise Michel. -Sea-Watch considers its mission only a patch applied against a symptom, whereas the real solution is political — securing a safe passage to all migrants. +Sea-Watch considers its mission only a patch applied against a symptom, whereas the real solution is political — securing a safe passage for all migrants. {{< raw >}}