SAROBMED, the Search and Rescue Observatory for the Mediterranean, was a consortium of researchers, civil society groups, and other organisations with interests in the field of cross-border maritime migration. The focus was in particular on providing a monitoring system for refugee travel in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]
History
SAROBMED was set up by Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax of Queen Mary University of London.[2][3] Its website lists incidents documented from 24 April 2017 to 19 January 2019.[4] During this time, its associated researchers produced a number of publications in the field of refugee safety in transit.[5] It made submissions to the United Nations.[6] Its model for monitoring incidents was viewed favourably.[7]
NGO partners
In addition to researchers from academia, SAROBMED listed the following NGOs as partners:[8]