Migrant Rescuer: ‘No One Deserves To Die at Sea’
#Christopher_Catrambone is the cofounder of Migrant Offshore Aid Station (#MOAS) along with his wife Regina Egle Catrambone. He is also head of the Tangiers Group based in Malta
▻http://time.com/3829685/migrants-mediterranean-sea/?xid=tcoshare
#mourir_en_mer #migration #asile #réfugiés #Méditerranée #sauvetage
Couple Rescues Migrants Trying To Reach Europe On Overpacked Boats
David Greene talks to Christopher Catrambone, who, along with his wife, spent $8 million to buy and re-fit a 146-foot ship to save migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe.
▻http://www.npr.org/2015/05/06/404626465/couple-s-non-profit-rescues-migrants-trying-to-reach-europe-on-overpacked-boats
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Viele Flüchtlinge sterben auf dem Mittelmeer. Der Unternehmer Christopher Catrambone investiert in die Rettung von Leben. von Sonja Hartwig
Couple Spends Millions To Save Migrants In The Mediterranean
#Christopher_Catrambone, a wealthy businessman from Lake Charles, La., docks his boat these days in Malta, the Mediterranean island he now calls home. That boat, called the #Phoenix, has been getting outfitted for a series of trips set to begin in May.
BBC News - The family that saved 3,000 lives
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29883832
In August, the Magazine reported on a couple who spent millions of euros to save migrants in danger of drowning at sea. Their 60-day mission has now ended - so what did they achieve, asks Alison Gee?
“We helped to save around 3,000 men, women and children who would have otherwise been likely to perish,” says Christopher Catrambone who - as we reported earlier - set up the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) with his wife, Regina, and daughter, Maria Luisa.
“I was shocked by the sheer number of migrants that are packed into each boat. Some migrants are pushed into the low deck where they are more susceptible to drowning and suffocation. You don’t understand what a horrific journey this is until you actually witness it that closely,” Christopher says.
"I recall an elderly Palestinian who sold all his belongings for a measly $15,000 to fund his trip... I also recall a couple of Syrian grandparents who at the twilight of their lives had to leave their beloved Aleppo.
“It’s difficult to comprehend the desperation that would have driven them to put their families on such a dangerous journey. And in a way these are the lucky ones. They are the ones who had the financial means to fund the trip... Many of them were professionals: teachers, engineers, lawyers.”
Benefactor couple fund first ever private migrant rescue at sea mission
A philanthropist couple who felt compelled to act following the Lampedusa shipwrecks that killed more than 700 asylum in October, has poured millions of euros into the first ever privately-funded sea rescue mission.
Moved by an appeal by Pope Francis, who described the deaths as shameful, Christopher and Regina #Catrambone have been working to set up the #Migrant_Offshore_Aid_Station (#MOAS).
Over the past nine months or so, they have spent millions of euros of their own pocket (the final cost of the expense is still being worked out) to purchase and equip a 43-metre vessel, the #Phoenix 1, which will set sail for the central routes navigated by migrants, manned by a professional crew that includes paramedics.
The vessel is also equipped with two drones with mounted cameras, which will give the Phoenix 1 eyes in the sky over a vast areas at sea.
▻http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140713/local/benefactor-couple-fund-first-ever-private-migrant-rescue-at-sea-missio
#migration #asile #réfugiés #mourir_en_mer #secours #philanthropie #mécénat #Malte
Malta couple setting up private rescue service in Mediterranean
VALLETTA - A philanthropist couple has spent millions of euros to buy a ship which they plan to use to rescue migrants from rickety boats in the center of the Mediterranean.
▻http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/13/us-malta-rescue-idUKKBN0FI09V20140713
Good samaritans launch mission to save migrants in the Mediterranean
Couple will fund search and rescue project, including using drones, with 65,000 migrants making perilous crossing this year
▻http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/16/couple-launch-mediterranean-migrant-search-project
Une nouvelle initiative pour sauver les migrants en Méditerranée
Un couple d’entrepreneurs installé à Malte va utiliser des drones pour repérer les migrants en difficulté et leur apporter de l’aide.
#moas
Première opération privée d’aide aux migrants en Méditerranée
La première opération privée de recherche et de secours aux migrants en Méditerranée, financée par un couple italo-américain, à été lancée lundi avec un navire équipé de #drones pour repérer les embarcations en perdition.
Le bateau, un voilier de 40 pieds (12m), baptisé #Phoenix_I, a quitté Malte pour une première mission de 60 jours destinée à venir en aide à des personnes en détresse en mer.
The millionaires who rescue people at sea
A philanthropist couple have launched what they say is the world’s first privately funded vessel to help migrants in trouble at sea. But can one ship really help the thousands of people who try to cross the Mediterranean each year?
MOAS SAVES MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE AT SEA IN COORDINATED RESCUES WITH ROME
▻http://www.moas.eu/files/MOAS%20Press%20Release%2031082014.pdf
Primi soccorsi privati in mare: in salvo circa 300 migranti
Si tratta del progetto Moas (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) finanziato da una famiglia di imprenditori residenti a Malta. Intercettate due imbarcazioni.
▻http://www.globalist.it/Detail_News_Display?ID=62022&typeb=0&Primi-soccorsi-privati-in-mare-in-sal
Reflections on the MOAS initiative
No one with some interest in migration, Search and Rescue, the Mediterranean and/or current international political issues has missed the Migrant Offshore Aid Station project that has been brewing for a while and recently launched out of Malta. A non-governmental initiative initially privately funded aiming at providing Search and Rescue capacity and aid to unsafe migrant boats en route from Northern Africa to a safe haven in Europe. Being a purely humanitarian mission, non discriminatory, supported by international law found in various maritime conventions as United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Convention for the Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS), the 1979 Convention on Search and Rescue (SAR Convention), etc. etc. the initiative is automatically endorsed from an international and legal perspective. A dedicated “ship of opportunity” is deliberately placed within the migratory routes. Providing aid to more than 1000 migrants a couple of weeks into the first watch, still counting, is proof enough that the concept works. Being tightly linked to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome, and used as an available asset, shows that the system as such has embraced the initiative. Critics will point fingers and accuse MOAS to become a tool for the people trafficking stakeholders and potentially become a floating “island” closer than normal destinations like for example Lampedusa. Actors like FRONTEX, the European border protection agency that very reluctantly has been drawn into a Search and Rescue role, will be somewhat ambivalent to this kind of humanitarian support. It will be interesting to see how they will handle the situation onwards. If this initiative finds financial support, gains followers within the SAR community, and grows within the Med. and beyond (similar problems are found in the Atlantic and around the Horn of Africa) it might become a game changer. Being run by entrepreneurs with media proficiency I’d say that the chance of success is good, with a proper game plan and a greater vision.
▻http://forsafewaters.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/reflections-on-the-moas-initiative
MOAS saves more migrants
Some 245 migrants, including 45 children, were today rescued by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) after the station was directed to a wooden vessel by Italy’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. The group consisted mainly of Syrians and Palestinians.
MOAS assists Mare Nostrum with more migrant rescues
Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) has assisted Italy’s Mare Nostrum mission with the rescue of more than 1,500 migrants during its first two weeks of operation, all of whom were disembarked in Italy.
The 40-metre vessel being used by MOAS, Phoenix, will remain at sea for its first mission until September 14th and will then embark on its second mission on September 21st.
So far, MOAS helped in the rescue of six migrant boats totalling to some 1,500 migrants crossing from Libyan shores.
Maltese NGOs criticise EU for having ‘little appetite for saving migrants’ lives’
Human rights NGOs aditus Foundation and JRS compiled information about refugees and asylum seekers in Malta as part of a European project.
▻http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/43561/maltese_ngos_criticize_eu_for_having_little_appetite_to_save_migrants
C’est la fin de #Moas, il n’y a plus d’argent...
Moas, chiude missione di salvataggio migranti privata: “Non ci sono più soldi”
Dal 26 agosto la «#Migrant_offshore_aid_station» ha salvato 2.500 vite nel Mediterraneo. Con la contemporanea fine di Mare Nostrum, prevista per il 31 ottobre, «c’è il rischio che nessuno vada a salvare le persone in difficoltà», è l’allarme lanciato dal fondatore Christopher Catrambone
►http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/10/28/migranti-chiude-missione-salvataggio-privata-moas-non-ci-soldi/1174945