Cap Anamur is an organisation which is helping refugees worldwide.

In 1979 Christel and Rupert Neudeck

Rupert Neudeck

Rupert Neudeck is a German journalist and humanitarian.He lived in Danzig until 1945 when Germans either fled from the advancing Soviets, or were expelled in the Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II...

, together with a group of friends, formed the committee "A ship for Vietnam" and chartered for the rescue mission the freighter "Cap Anamur" named after a cape

Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...

 off the Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 coast. The journeys of "Cap Anamur" (and her sister ships) were - against the predictions of many pundits- a huge success: 10,375 Boat people

Boat people

Boat people is a term that usually refers to refugees, illegal immigrants or asylum seekers who emigrate in numbers in boats that are sometimes old and crudely made...

were rescued from the sea and a further 35,000 were medically treated.

External links

• Cap Anamur website – German
• Cap Anamur website – English