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World Refugee Day was first celebrated on June 20, 2001 to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees. On World Refugee Day,
we celebrate refugees' contributions and seek to build empathy and
understanding for their plight and their resilience to build a
bright future. In order to generate attention for the position
of refugees, in particular the refugees around Fortress Europe, we
have decided to donate part of our sales to Sea
Watch in the week of 20 to 26 June.
Sea-Watch stands up vehemently for the goal that no one has to die
when trying to reach Europe’s shores. As long as the dangers at sea
for refugees persist, we will invest all of our powers into
providing civilian sea rescue. At sea, the law of emergency relief
prevails. We want this to be implemented by everyone and not to be
subject to political calculations by governments and
institutions. This is why we demand
#SafePassage. Our initiative cannot save all
refugees and migrants crossing the the Mediterranean Sea but with
our presence and through the lives we do save, we are standing up
for humanity.
Sea-Watch was primarily intended to patrol the Mediterranean Sea
with an old refitted trawler- the “MS Sea-Watch”- close to the
Libyan coast, where most of Africa’s escape routes join for the
final journey: Reaching European shores by boat. After equipping
the old fishing cutter and preparing everything necessary, the
first mission could cast off in June 2015, as the refugee crisis in
Europe culminated with countless drowned refugees after the ending
of Mare Nostrum. When bad weather conditions set in in autumn, the
project had to be paused.
But as Sea-Watch had turned out to be so successful (more than 2000
rescued refugees within 3 months of operation), there was no other
option than carrying on. Shortly afterwards, in October 2015, the
concept for the new mission could be presented to the public:
Establishing a Search and Rescue (SAR) mission between the small
island of Lesbos, Greece, and the Turkish mainland. This area, only
a few miles of water separating the shores, sadly has to report the
highest number of deaths in 2015 regarding European boarders and
therefore made Sea-Watch urgently needed. Check the Sea Watch
website for information on their current missions.
How to support Sea Watch?
Since 2015, Sea-Watch has been involved in the rescue of over
40,000 people. They are doing everything they can to save as many
people as possible from drowning. In 2021, Sea Watch rescued over
2000 people from distress at sea in six challenging
missions. Thanks to your donation, Sea Watch can continue
their mission at the world’s deadliest border this year and stand
up for safe and legal escape routes!
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