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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
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# 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.
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