The fight for survival is almost unimaginable for people who do not set out to flee across the dangerous Mediterranean themselves. Crammed together on unseaworthy boats, groups of people sometimes drift for days in storms, cold, heat and rain without food, drink or medicine on the open sea, far from any hope of rescue.
The Sea Punks, a non-profit association from Bad Kreuznach, strive for a society without racism - a society in which refugees are welcomed and supported in making a new start. For a society in which these people are perceived as part of the community and not as a problem.
And above all for a society that does not stand by and watch people die because they are ignored, turned away or pushed back on their escape route.