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Slide 5 of 6
Award of Excellence: Sea Watch
January 27, 2018
Two RHIB (rigid-hulled inflatable boat) rescue teams are responsible for the safe transfer of 301 migrants onto the vessel of the NGO Sea Watch from a wooden boat in distress on the Mediterranean Sea. The people fled their home countries and try to reach Europe via the Central Mediterranean route, the most used migration route to the EU in recent years. At this day the weather conditions are well and the transfer is done within three hours. Right after completion of the rescue case the NGO sets out to another SAR-case which the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome announced to all nearby vessels by radio.