Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This Webinar was co-organized by transform! europe in collaboration with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung North Africa Office, on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for the renunciation of the EU’s responsibility towards migrants on boats in distress in the Mediterranean.
In the central Mediterranean, a dangerous rescue gap is actively being created. One of the greatest challenges to tackle during the Covid-19 crisis is the systematic withdrawal of European authorities from this area. The results of European countries no longer respecting their legal search-and-rescue obligations within European Search and Rescue (SAR) zones include pushing boats back to North Africa, where especially in Libya migrants are met with conditions previously described by international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the UNHCR as violations of human rights.
In this webinar, we discuss together with Simeon Leisch from the emergency hotline Watch The Med - Alarmphone, Lucia Gennari from civic sea rescue mission Mediterranea Saving Humans, and Cédric Fettouche from sea-eye, the abrogation of the EU responsibility in this area. We will ask about the difficulties search-and-rescue missions are now facing in the Mediterranean, what migrants pushed back to North African shores have to contend with, and what happens to the bodies of those who have lost their lives in the highly risky attempt to cross the Mediterranean.
Moderation: Katerina Anastasiou (transform!europe)
Ines Mahmoud (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, North Africa)
Speakers:
Simeon Leisch : Watch the Med - Alarmophone
watchthemed.net
Lucia Gennari: Mediterranea - Saving humans mediterranearescue.org/en
Cédric Fettouche : Sea -eye
sea-eye.org/en
To stay informed on other events hosted and articles published by transform! please subscribe to our newsletter (available in English, French, German, Greek and Spanish): please visit the site of transform! europe: transform-network.net
This Webinar was co-organized by transform! europe in collaboration with the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung North Africa Office, on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for the renunciation of the EU’s responsibility towards migrants on boats in distress in the Mediterranean.
In the central Mediterranean, a dangerous rescue gap is actively being created. One of the greatest challenges to tackle during the Covid-19 crisis is the systematic withdrawal of European authorities from this area. The results of European countries no longer respecting their legal search-and-rescue obligations within European Search and Rescue (SAR) zones include pushing boats back to North Africa, where especially in Libya migrants are met with conditions previously described by international organizations such as Human Rights Watch and the UNHCR as violations of human rights.
In this webinar, we discuss together with Simeon Leisch from the emergency hotline Watch The Med - Alarmphone, Lucia Gennari from civic sea rescue mission Mediterranea Saving Humans, and Cédric Fettouche from sea-eye, the abrogation of the EU responsibility in this area. We will ask about the difficulties search-and-rescue missions are now facing in the Mediterranean, what migrants pushed back to North African shores have to contend with, and what happens to the bodies of those who have lost their lives in the highly risky attempt to cross the Mediterranean.
Moderation: Katerina Anastasiou (transform!europe)
Ines Mahmoud (Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, North Africa)
Speakers:
Simeon Leisch : Watch the Med - Alarmophone
watchthemed.net
Lucia Gennari: Mediterranea - Saving humans mediterranearescue.org/en
Cédric Fettouche : Sea -eye
sea-eye.org/en
To stay informed on other events hosted and articles published by transform! please subscribe to our newsletter (available in English, French, German, Greek and Spanish): please visit the site of transform! europe: transform-network.net
