STILL AT SEA: Ten Years of Rescue in the Central Mediterranean

STILL AT SEA: Ten Years of Rescue in the Central Mediterranean

SOS MEDITERRANEE marks ten years of civilian search and rescue at sea. Today we release our ten-year report: what happened, why it happened, and what is still at stake after a decade of rescue, witness and resistance to the erosion of the duty to rescue at sea. 42,700+ people assisted. 453 rescue operations. Two ships. One mission. To mark this milestone, SOS MEDITERRANEE is also publishing a manifesto calling for the restoration of proactive search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean. In January 2026 alone, more than 450 people died on this route. A preventable catastrophe. Still unfolding. Find our report and manifesto in the link in bio. Read it. Share it. Stand with us. https://www.sosmediterranee.org/still-at-sea-ten-years-of-rescue-in-the-central-mediterranean