Proem-Aid
Proem-Aid ('Professional Emergency Aid'){{cite web |url=https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/criminalising-humanity |title=Criminalising humanity |website=act.wemove.eu |access-date=16 June 2021}} 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{{cite web |author=James Badcock |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40580529 |title=Refugee children on Lesbos helped to face fear of drowning |date=25 July 2017 |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web |author=Björn Kietzmann |url=https://kietzmann.photoshelter.com/image/I0000ZPx6IRuAhCM |title=Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece - 05.03.2016 |website=kietzmann.photoshelter.com |access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2018/05/07/lesvos-spanish-firefighters-danish-ngo-acquitted/ |title=Greek court acquits Spanish firefighters, Danish NGO members of smuggling refugees |date=7 May 2018 |website=www.keeptalkinggreece.com |access-date=16 June 2021}} 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 Canary Islands.{{cite web |author=Borja Suarez |title=Volunteers help migrants reverse water trauma in Spain's Canaries |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/volunteers-help-migrants-reverse-water-trauma-spains-canaries-2024-07-25/ |website=www.reuters.com |access-date=19 January 2025 |date=25 July 2024}}
Projects and vessels
Since 2016 the organisation has collaborated with the Sea-Watch 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.proemaid.org/en/proyecto-life/ |title=Proyecto #Life |website=www.proemaid.org |access-date=7 June 2021}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-19 |title=2019 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and criminal investigations |url=https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2019/2019-update-ngo-ships-involved-search-and-rescue-mediterranean-and-criminal |access-date=2020-11-15 |website=European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2020/2020-update-ngos-sar-activities#TabPubTable1-NGOshipsinvolvedinSARoperations1 |title=June 2020 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them |date=19 June 2020 |website=fra.europa.eu |access-date=16 June 2021}} In November 2020 Proem-Aid sold the ship Life.{{cite web |url=https://www.diariodehuelva.es/2021/07/30/huelva-droga-puerto/ |title=Desembarcan 15.000 kilos de hachís en el centro de Huelva |trans-title=15,000 kilograms of hashish are landed in Huelva |website=diariodehuelva.es |access-date=16 May 2023}}
In 2021 Proem-Aid acquired the ship Alan Kurdi from the humanitarian organization Sea-Eye.{{cite web |url=https://www.proemaid.org/en/proyecto-mediterraneo/ |title=Mediterranean project] |website=www.proemaid.org |access-date=16 June 2021}} As of December 2020, the Alan Kurdi had been non-operational and moored in the port of Olbia, and subject to ongoing legal proceedings,{{cite web |url=https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2020/december-2020-update-ngo-ships-involved-search-and-rescue-mediterranean-and-legal |title=December 2020 update - NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and legal proceedings against them |date=18 December 2020 |website=fra.europa.eu |access-date=16 June 2021}} but in May 2021, the vessel was released from detention in Olbia and was reported to be headed for Burriana for scheduled maintenance.{{cite web |url=https://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Resq-People-5285667.html |title=RESQ PEOPLE, Cargo Ship |date=6 May 2021 |website=www.vesseltracker.com |access-date=28 July 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://resq.it/la-resq-people/ |title=ABBIAMO LA NAVE! VI PRESENTIAMO LA RESQ PEOPLE! |trans-title=We have the ship! We present 'RESQ PEOPLE!'|date=20 July 2021 |website=resq.it |access-date=26 July 2021}}
External links
- [https://proemaid.org proemaid.org Official website]