After threats of the Libyan coast guard, three relief organizations have your rescue operations in the Mediterranean sea. Those who still require a consistent Action of the Federal government.
More than 5000 people have you saved this year alone prior to Drowning in the Mediterranean sea: The volunteers of the organization “Sea-Watch” off the coast of Libya. Since the spring of 2015, stood out of the predominantly volunteer staff, first with a converted fish boat in the lake. Today, Sea Watch makes, with three ships and a plane to aid to refugees, medical supplies, and even refugee boats places – all thanks to donations and the willingness to help of the meantime, a total of 400 volunteers. Now it is their life might be in danger, if you continue with your work.
Serious Threats
Ruben Neugebauer: “withdrawal leaves a fatal gap”
At the weekend, the aid organisation “Doctors without borders”, “Sea-Eye” and “Save the Children were exposed to” their rescue operations in the Mediterranean sea. The Libyan coast guard had previously announced an expansion of their territorial waters and threatened to prevent the operations of organisations such as “Sea Watch” or even by force. The co-founder and spokesman of the “Sea Watch” Ruben Neugebauer believes that these threats very seriously. You’ve seen in the past. “So we are now waiting for a Statement from the Federal government, by the Minister for foreign Affairs, and that such cooperation with the Libyan coast guard on ice-cream is placed,” said Neugebauer in a DW Interview. Until then, if you wanted to wait, because the safety of the Crew is the top priority. Whether you finished your bets, in the end, or continued, is a serious decision. “If we withdraw, then we leave a lethal gap.” You would save, as long as it is somehow possible.
“The dirty business for Europe”
That there are no empty threats that have been expressed, proves that the Libyan coast guard for months. Again and again, search and rescue personnel to reports of a fire on the high seas. Since October of 2016, the Libyan coast guard is trained in the framework of the EU military operation EUNAVFOR Med. Also, the Bundeswehr will participate. On the corresponding online page, it says, among other things, the Operation of the Libyan coast guard and Navy in the situation should be transferred, “the ‘business model’ of people smuggling on the Central Mediterranean route to bind” and “Search – and-rescue activities”.
The least number of boat refugees to be able to swim. What if in the future less and less to Maritime search and rescue help?
Human rights organisations interpreted the order differently. Lotte Leicht, EU Director of Human Rights Watch, told the ARD-magazine “Monitor”: “The Libyan coast guard does the dirty business for Europe. No European vessel is allowed to bring people to the place where you worst of all torture, abuse or misuse. And that is exactly what is threatening the people in Libya. The Europeans now pay the Libyan coast guard to do something must not do European ships in accordance with international law.” Similar to Ruben Neugebauer of the organization’s “Sea Watch”. He speaks mostly of the “so-called Libyan coast guard”, which would be basically from the militia, the part of the Libyan civil be war, and the European Union as a “Partner for prevention of Migration fucked”.
The EU interior Ministers are asked
Axel Steiner: “You will be shot if they flee”
Axel Steier, co-founder of the Dresdner charity organization “Mission Lifeline” compares the actions of the Libyans, meanwhile, with the construction of the wall. “Before, you could escape at least. Now you will be shot if they flee.”
Steier and his Team want to at 14. September to leave for your first Mission. Together with a professional Crew from Spain, it is to go from Malta in international waters. Of course, he also wants to weigh in advance the level of risk was acceptable. “We are hopeful that the EU trade Minister of the interior, and the Libyan coast guard back pipe or the payment setting,” said Steiner in an Interview with Deutsche Welle. Great hope he puts into the German interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière (CDU). This wool is, of course, be re-elected. And if European civilians were fired on in international waters, that would be for de Maizière, a political Disaster, so Steiers Consideration.
More than 2400 people have drowned since the beginning of the year, between Libya and Italy
Legal entry routes instead of sea rescue
More than 2400 people came this year on the Mediterranean sea route between Libya and Italy lost their lives. About 118.000 were saved. What if there is no Savior more? In the EU, it is preparing, apparently, already. It said on Monday that in the future additional EU ships are to be used. Search and rescue was at the end of the solution, so Neugebauer of the “Sea Watch Ruben”. It legal entry paths would have to be created so that the people went out on the boats. And it is one of the European lakes emergency rescue program is needed. “It is not that we do it because we had nothing else to do.”