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Sea-Eye 5
Sea-Eye is a German non-governmental organization headquartered in Regensburg. It participates in the rescue of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean, in particular by having chartered the ships ''Sea-Eye (ship), Sea-Eye'' and ''Life (ship)#Museum ship, Seefuchs/ Sea Fox'' until August 2017, then the ''Alan Kurdi (ship), Alan Kurdi'' (named in memory of the Alan Kurdi, young Syrian found drowned on a Turkish beach in 2015) and from August 2020 to 2025 the ''Sea-Eye 4''. In June 2021, Sea-Eye received honorary citizenship from the mayor of Palermo. In 2024, together with , Sea-Eye bought the ''NIS RANDERS'', a former German Sea Rescue Society boat, which they now operate in the Mediterranean as ''Sea-Eye 5''. Operations On 3 April 2019, the ''Alan Kurdi'', warned after a call to the emergency number of the (German) Alarm-Phone-Initiative#History, Watch the Mediterranean Sea association, rescued 64 migrants (including twelve women and two children aged one and six) off the Libyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regensburg
Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the rivers Danube, Naab and Regen (river), Regen, Danube's northernmost point. It is the capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the List of cities in Bavaria by population, fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, Nuremberg and Augsburg and the eighth-largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. From its foundation as an imperial Roman river fort, the city has been the political, economic and cultural centre of the surrounding region. Later, under the rule of the Holy Roman Empire, it housed the Perpetual Diet of Regensburg. The medieval centre of the city was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006 because of its well-preserved architecture, being the biggest medieval city site north of the Alps, and the city's historical importance for assembli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
