Proem-Aid ('Professional Emergency Aid')[1] is a Spanish NGO which operates in the Mediterranean Sea 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 Lesbos beginning in December 2015[2][3][4] before also starting an operation in the central Mediterranean in September 2017.

Projects and vessels

Since 2016 the organisation has collaborated with the Sea-Watch organisation to run the LifeLine project.[5]

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.[6][7][8] In November 2020 Proem-Aid sold the ship Life.[9]

In 2021 Proem-Aid acquired the ship Alan Kurdi from the humanitarian organization Sea-Eye.[5][8] As of December 2020, the Alan Kurdi had been non-operational and moored in the port of Olbia, and subject to ongoing legal proceedings,[10] but in May 2021, the vessel was released from detention in Olbia and was reported to be headed for Burriana for scheduled maintenance.[11] 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.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Criminalising humanity act.wemove.eu, accessed 16 June 2021
  2. ↑ James Badcock Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning 25 July 2017 www.bbc.co.uk, accessed 16 June 2021
  3. ↑ Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece - 05.03.2016 Björn Kietzmann | photojournalism, accessed 16 June 2021
  4. ↑ Greek court acquits Spanish firefighters, Danish NGO members of smuggling refugees 7 May 2018 www.keeptalkinggreece.com, accessed 16 June 2021
  5. 1 2 Mediterranean project www.proemaid.org, accessed 16 June 2021
  6. ↑ Proyecto #Life www.proemaid.org, accessed 7 June 2021
  7. ↑ "2019 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and criminal investigations". European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. 1 2 June 2020 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them 19 June 2020, fra.europa.eu, accessed 16 June 2021
  9. ↑ Desembarcan 15.000 kilos de hachís en el centro de Huelva (tr. "15,000 kilograms of hashish are landed in Huelva") diariodehuelva.es, accessed 16 May 2023
  10. ↑ December 2020 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them 18 December 2020, fra.europa.eu, accessed 16 June 2021
  11. ↑ RESQ PEOPLE, Cargo Ship 6 May 2021, www.vesseltracker.com, accessed 28 July 2021
  12. ↑ ABBIAMO LA NAVE! VI PRESENTIAMO LA RESQ PEOPLE! 20 July 2021 resq.it, accessed 26 July 2021
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