When we arrived we found one of the women still alive. We could do nothing to save the other woman and the boy who appeared to have died a few hours before we found them.

Proactiva Open Arms

Proactiva Open Arms is a Spanish NGO devoted to search and rescue (SAR) at sea. Set up in October 2015, it carried out its first rescue action that same month from its base on the Greek island of Lesbos.As well as maintaining a permanent base on Lesbos, the NGO carries out its rescue operations from three ships, a sailing yacht, Astral, since 2016 used mainly for awareness raising programmes; the Golfo Azzurro and Open Arms, although due to a drop in fundraising, as of March 2018 only the latter is fully operational as a rescue vessel, while Astral is currently used for awareness raising programmes.

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