, The Regensburger charity organization, Sea-Eye has been fighting for months for it to be back in the Mediterranean, people from Drowning. Now you will start with a new, larger vessel in the direction of Libya. It is the first ship of a aid organization, which sails under the German flag. From your Sea of promise-Eye diplomatic.
Regensburg – Jan Ribbeck know now that he will never forget the Christmas of 2018 never. He will not be at home in the Allgäu with his wife – but there, where for years people die. Ribbeck belongs to the Crew of the Sea-Eye 2, the new rescue ship of the eponymous aid organization from Regensburg. This week, the ship starts in the port of Algeciras in Spain, in the direction of Libya.
this is the first Time in many months that a ship of the Sea-Eye can start in the area. The previous ship of the Sea-Eye 2, of the Seefuchs, was exactly how the Dresden-based “Lifeline”, the Dutch flag removed. The other aid organisations have been detained since June at the expiry. “Europe has pulled the curtain,” says Sea-Eye-spokesman Gorden Isler. “For months, no one knows exactly how many people are drowning off the Libyan coast.” There are only a few messages. Only last week, again. 15 people drowned, reported by Isler. Maybe also children. Nowhere, it was reported.
“This silence is intentional,” says Jan Ribbeck. He works as a surgeon, was twice already in use. He has seen the suffering and the fear of the people on the rickety boats. The idea that European politicians let these people drown is for him unbearable. To help “my Motivation has never been greater than it is now,” he says. Therefore, he has taken almost all of his annual leave for the Mission. She’s supposed to take three weeks. But never was the need for the Savior so uncertain, what they can expect in the field – and when you come back home.
in the summer the rescue were allowed to the ships, the refugees rescued and taken on Board had, in any European port. Sometimes they had to supply the people for over a week on Board their ships. The Seefuchs was – like many other rescue ships – not suitable. With Matadorbet the new ship, the Regensburger organization is not prepared now, only better in such situations. In addition, not only the eleven Volunteers on Board, but also seven professional are now seafarers. The Crew comes from all Parts of Germany, the professionals from the Ukraine, Ghana or Norway. Jan Ribbecks task will be to manage the processes on Board and during operations. He will be next to the captain on the bridge, and the communication with the EU countries, when it comes to be a rescue mission.
+ On Board the doctor Jan Ribbeck. It was his first mission. This girl he rescued from Drowning.©Sea-Eye.org
However, expects Ribbeck so that it could be significantly more complicated than is the case with the inserts previously. “We do not know whether the MRCC, the Italian Maritime rescue coordination centre, us supported, or in Libya point is,” he says. He suspects that it is from the Italian side, no more support. Therefore, it is for the Organisation so important to be able to now under the German flag work – she hopes for the support of Germany, should EU member States refuse on the Mediterranean sea the help. “It is not an Option for us, rescued to bring people back to Libya, where they would have to back into the warehouse,” stresses Ribbeck. Like everyone else on Board, he knows that the Mission could not last longer than three weeks, you should get the Sea-Eye 2 of any European country support.
Still wants to leave the Regensburger organization of the political against the wind, not slow it down. It had already announced in the summer, when their ship was exactly as the Lifeline, and the captain, Claus Peter Reisch had to answer on Malta before the court. At the time, the donation of support from the population was huge. The only reason why it managed to start well with a large boat and a professional Crew, explained spokesman Gorden Isler. At the time, had been donated per month on average 50 000 Euro. However, since hardly any about the Situation in the Mediterranean would be reported to have slowed down donations dramatically, he says. “Many people have the impression that there is no-one in the Mediterranean sea is drowning – because no one else sees,” says Jan Ribbeck. This is also why he wants to spend Christmas this year in front of the Libyan coast. He says: “for Us, it goes down so well in Germany.” He hopes that this Mission not many people are aware that this is a matter of course.
