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] SAROBMED was set up by Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax of Queen Mary University of London.
[4] During this time, its associated researchers produced a number of publications in the field of refugee safety in transit.
[7] In addition to researchers from academia, SAROBMED listed the following NGOs as partners:[8]