[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ min_height=”1257.2px” custom_margin=”-100px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-24px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Lable Einsatzbericht Nr. 9″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”justified” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Operation Report 10 \u2013 2025 (25 October \u2013 15 November, 2025)\u00a0Written by Jens Bernhard Janssen\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”One night, after many days of patrolling the central Mediterranean without sighting a single boat,” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n One night, after many days of patrolling the central Mediterranean without sighting a single boat, a robin landed on the mast of our sailing ship NADIR. It was shivering, seemed lost. The small bird stayed with us for several hours until it had clearly gathered enough strength to continue its flight.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The people in distress from the three boats we were able to take on board were also in a dire physical state: exhausted and dehydrated. For everyone, the danger of being swallowed by the sea was acute.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Behind the facts and figures lie human stories: We were able to provide assistance to 147 people during our operation. There was no one from Afghanistan among them and only a single person from Sudan, despite the fact that the world’s largest migration crisis is currently unfolding there. 14 million people are displaced. The humanitarian catastrophe is beyond description, but between Sudan and the NADIR lie battlefields, hunger marches, border fences, and finally, the Mediterranean. The young man from Sudan made it onto our deck; his gaze is distant, and we will never truly know what he has endured. We do what we can to offer our guests a sense of security. It will never be enough.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Throsten-Klieforth_02-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Empty boat on the ocean” title_text=”2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Throsten Klieforth_02″ force_fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”Picture NADIR and people” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” height=”auto” custom_padding=”|0px||0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”The conditions under which we conduct our search .” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The conditions under which we conduct our search and monitoring operations have changed. We are informed of distress cases not only by Watch the Med \u2013 Alarm Phone or the civil observation <\/span>aircraft<\/span> Seabird 1 and Seabird 2, but also by Frontex. This should not be misleading. As a so-called border protection agency, Frontex is co-responsible for the <\/span>externalisation<\/span> of European borders. They collaborate with the so-called Libyan Coast Guard and share responsibility for pushbacks to Libya, preventing people on the move from even reaching the external border where they could apply for asylum. Once pushed back to Libya, people are exposed to exploitative situations in camps and prisons, facing the threat of forced <\/span>labour<\/span>, violence, <\/span>sexualised<\/span> violence, and torture.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Roberta-Derosas_03-scaled.jpg” alt=”Beiboot vor gro\u00dfem, leeren blauen Holzboot” title_text=”2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Roberta Derosas_03″ admin_label=”Picture steel boat” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”70%” width_tablet=”auto” width_phone=”auto” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”auto” height_tablet=”auto” height_phone=”auto” height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”The %22Fortress Europe%22 concept seems to be effective:” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The “Fortress Europe” concept seems to be effective: the Tunisian and Libyan Coast Guards, financed by the EU, increasingly succeed in intercepting boats. The so-called Libyan Coast Guard uses weapons on the high seas to attack displaced persons and civil actors. This also jeopardises our work, as we must increasingly expect to be harassed by Libyan units in international waters.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During one of our evacuations, we succeeded in bringing the people on board before a vessel of the so-called Libyan Coast Guard, which was only 6 nautical miles away, could reach them. We felt an immense sense of relief.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Roberta-Derosas_01-scaled.jpg” alt=”Person auf Boot vor Sonnenuntergang” title_text=”2025_11_RESQSHIP_OP10_Roberta Derosas_01″ admin_label=”Bild” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”70%” width_tablet=”auto” width_phone=”auto” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”auto” height_tablet=”auto” height_phone=”auto” height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Night-time search and cooperation with the Louise Michel ” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n We are grateful for the cooperation with other organisations \u2013 without Watch the Med \u2013 Alarm Phone, the civil search and observation aircraft, and the network of solidarity initiatives on Lampedusa, these operations would not be feasible in this form.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Once again, we were able not only to evacuate people from their boats but also strove to provide them with a sense of safety and perhaps a bit of warmth and care. We return home grateful and exhausted. But this is not about us.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text Bildrechte” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Credits: Thorsten <\/span>Klieforth<\/span>, Roberta Derosas | RESQSHIP<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Operation Report 10 \u2013 2025 (25 October \u2013 15 November, 2025)\u00a0Written by Jens Bernhard Janssen\u00a0One night, after many days of patrolling the central Mediterranean without sighting a single boat, a robin landed on the mast of our sailing ship NADIR. It was shivering, seemed lost. 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