New: ECHOES Issue 11, March 2024: NO BORDERS, NO PROBLEM
“Echoes” from the Central Mediterranean
New publication from the civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (CMRCC)
“Echoes” appeared with its first issue during the transborder summer camp in July 2022. In the headlines of the front-page, the main message was clearly expressed: “It makes a difference! — Civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (CMRCC): this is not a future idea or a long-term vision. No, it is already a daily practice!”
Since several years already the civil fleet – composed by the hotline of Alarm Phone, by the airplanes of Sea Watch and Pilot Volontaires and by the various bigger and smaller rescue ships – had to fulfil the gaps left by authorities in the international areas of central med search and rescue zones. Since 2019 the process of a civil MRCC started by the engagement of various members of rescue organizations, who were convinced in the need of a stronger communication and cooperation to counter the deathly EU-policy of non assistance and pushbacks.
During summer 2022 the civil coordination developed into a new dimension. Nearly every day, people on the move are rescued or supported to reach a place of safety. Against this background an editorial team of the civilMRCC was founded to give more visibility to the realities at sea, a bi-monthly release is intended.
Until today (Mar. 2024), the civilMRCC published eleven issues of “Echoes”:
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