Proem-Aid ('Professional Emergency Aid') is a Spanish

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which operates in the

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with the aims of aiding and rescuing those in distress on the water. It was formed by a group of emergency service workers who volunteered their time and expertise, and initially operated off

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beginning in December 2015 before also starting an operation in the central Mediterranean in September 2017. Proem-Aid have also been active in rehabilitation of traumatised refugees on the

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Projects and vessels

Since 2016 the organisation has collaborated with the

Sea-Watch Sea-Watch is a German non-governmental organisation that operates in the Mediterranean Sea, notably by commissioning ships to rescue migrants. History On 6 November 2017, the crew of a Sea-Watch ship rescued 58 people in an operation hindered b ...

organisation to run the LifeLine project. Proem-Aid intend to use their ship ''Life'' (which was renamed from '' Seefuchs'' on being donated to PROEM in 2018) for training volunteers and to raise awareness of the problems faced by refugees. In November 2020 Proem-Aid sold the ship ''Life''. In 2021 Proem-Aid acquired the ship '' Alan Kurdi'' from the humanitarian organization

Sea-Eye 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'' and '' Seefuchs/ Sea Fox'' until Aug ...

. As of December 2020, the ''Alan Kurdi'' had been non-operational and moored in the port of

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, and subject to ongoing legal proceedings, but in May 2021, the vessel was released from detention in

and was reported to be headed for Burriana for scheduled maintenance. In July 2021, the Italian humanitarian NGO, ' RESQ - People Saving People' announced that they had acquired and were preparing to start operating the ''Alan Kurdi'', now renamed '' RESQ PEOPLE''.

External links

proemaid.org Official website

References

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