Aktionstag: Kein Land in Sicht? Perspektiven nach 11 Jahren ziviler Seenotrettung

Name: Aktionstag: Kein Land in Sicht? Perspektiven nach 11 Jahren ziviler Seenotrettung
Start: 2026-05-09T14:00+0200
End: 2026-05-10T05:00+0200
Location: Spedition am Güterbahnhof

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PICK OF THE DAY

You cannot miss this event.

In the organizer's words:

On 09.05.2026 from 14:00 Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch cordially invite you to our solidarity day in Bremen.

Experience a day full of encounters, perspectives and impressions: You can expect a diverse program with workshops, lectures, readings, short films, exhibitions, discussions and a concluding solidarity party. Together we want to understand, classify and make visible why civil sea rescue is vital.

On the premises of Spedition Bremen, we will create a space for exchange, learning and solidarity and take a stand together against dying at Europe's borders.

Come along, bring your friends and take a stand.

Program

All day

Screen printing (bring your clothes) - photo exhibitions - short films - face painting - information stands - Küfa

Photo exhibition "EVERY LIFE COUNTS"

An impressive exhibition with photos by several photographers, which was created in cooperation with Sea-Eye e.V. and shows the flight across the Mediterranean, especially with regard to women & FLINTA*.

MERCH & INFO STANDS

to inform, discover and get into conversation!

In addition to the organizing NGOs Sea-Eye e.V. and Sea-Watch e.V., which are dedicated to civilian sea rescue, you can look forward to the following friendly organizations:

Alarmphone

The Watch the Med Alarm Phone is a project that was launched in October 2014 by a network of activists and civil actors in Europe and North Africa. The project launched a self-organized call center for refugees in distress at sea in the Mediterranean.

This gives those in distress at sea a second opportunity to make their call for help to the coastguards. A case is documented in real time and further support is mobilized if necessary. In this way, pressure is exerted - as far as possible - on those responsible to prevent human rights violations such as pushbacks.

Alarmphone offers screen printing - bring your clothes to be printed and join the conversation!

ROSA e.V. - Rolling Safespace

ROSA e.V. is a non-profit association that has set itself the goal of thinking humanitarian aid in a gender-sensitive way and creating safe spaces for women on the run. Since March 8, 2022, the Rolling Safespace has been located on the Attica peninsula in Greece, where three refugee shelters north of Athens are regularly visited throughout the year: Ritsona, Malakasa and Thiva. In October 2022, the first ROSA local groups were founded in Germany to actively campaign for safe escape routes for all genders. There are now already local groups in nine German cities, some of which have established their own safer spaces in their cities - including Bremen.

Sea Punks e.V.

The Sea Punks are a voluntary network of people who show solidarity and are involved in civil sea rescue and supporting refugees. Their aim is to help people who are fleeing war, violence, poverty and exploitation, often risking their lives in the process. The team combines various skills - from crafts and social work to media and law - and organizes itself throughout Germany in a collaborative, low-threshold cooperation.

Since September 2023, the Sea Punks have been on duty with their ship "Sea Punk I" in the central Mediterranean, one of the deadliest escape routes in the world. They monitor the situation there and provide direct assistance in emergencies: they distribute life jackets, provide people with water and food and stabilize boats to save lives. Their work is seen as concrete humanitarian support for people on the run - especially where state aid is lacking.

The Golden Shop - book table

independent book and record store

The Golden Shop will offer books from the readings and other books on the topics of flight, migration and sea rescue! Bring some change if you are interested!

SHORT FILMS

"Seabird - The civilian eye"

a movie by David Lohmueller and Simon Straetker, produced by BFC.Film.

The central Mediterranean: a place where anger, sadness and relief are so close together. A place where we have to watch human rights being systematically violated. This is exactly where Sea-Watch has been flying together with the Swiss NGO "Humanitarian Pilots Initiative" (HPI) since 2017 to document human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard. The film "Seabird - The Civilian Eye" makes it clear that the EU must end its cooperation with the so-called Libyan Coast Guard and instead stand up for safe escape routes for all people seeking protection.

"Channel 16" (presented in English)

a movie by Chiara Towne, a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She has been documenting migration in the Mediterranean since 2017, most recently with her short Channel 16.

Like the marine radio frequency from which it takes its name, Channel 16 stitches together lives at sea from the perspectives of both the air and of the water. The latter vantage, to date, has been restricted to the covert operations of European authorities

The film unfolds over the course of two and a half days, following several individuals who flee Libya across the central Mediterranean to reach Italy. At its center stands Nadine, a woman whose pregnancy saves the lives of two hundred people. Nadine narrates her voyage in her own words, supported by footage of her rescue and the voices of the NGO pilots and captains who ran the rescue operations.

ntil the deployment of the four-seater airplane Seabird, operated by the German search-and-rescue NGO Sea-Watch, this vantage point had been restricted to the covert operations of European authorities. The film was made with the intention of capturing the Mediterranean crossing with enough cinematic detail to illustrate its epic nature and make it accessible to the world. Channel 16's multiple perspectives tell a story about the fluidity of borders, the presence of a higher power in the face of political power's absence, and the indomitable force of new life.