Sailing against fortress Europe

The Wendland sends a Ship!

25.8.2023 – Leaving Licata

CompassCollective activists support the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean. Our sailing boat TROTAMAR III is used for three-week observation deployments, during which we document human rights violations, keep an eye out for maritime emergencies and assist in rescue missions by larger (rescue) ships. In an emergency, we rescue.

We are a small group of activists from the Wendland, a region in Lower Saxony, Germany. After 40 years of fighting against a nuclear waste repository in Gorleben, we send our own boat with an international crew to support the sea rescue.

Our deployment dates for 2025 are here. We will go out nine times again to support people fleeing in distress at sea. You can find more information about sailing or supporting us here…

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News

  • Support us with your donation to win the court case

    Repression against civilian sea rescue organizations in Italy is increasing – our ship, the Trotamar III, was also detained and fined by the Italian authorities at the end of August. The reason: we did not communicate with the Libyan authorities when rescuing a boat in distress at sea. However, informing Libya about a distress case

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  • 37 people rescued

    Everything happened very quickly: Late yesterday afternoon, the Trotamar III left Lampedusa and set course for the SAR zones in the central Mediterranean Sea.At around 3 am this morning, our crew came across a rubber boat in distress – completely overcrowded with 37 people on board. The small boat’s engine had failed and it was

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