EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support is due to depart Siracusa, Italy, together with the Italian delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla. The search and rescue ship will be the last of the Italian boats to leave for Gaza, serving as an observer and offering medical and logistical support to any ships that may […]

Update: 3 September 2025: In the hours immediately after Sunday’s earthquake in Afghanistan, EMERGENCY gave its availability to local authorities to provide support to the affected population. “We sent our mobile teams with two ambulances to Jalalabad,” says Dejan Panic, EMERGENCY’s Country Director in Afghanistan. “What they saw was a very sad scene. Devastated people, […]

EMERGENCY will join the Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza with its search and rescue ship Life Support, to act as an observer and provide medical and logistical support to the participating vessels. The ship will set sail from Catania, together with the vessels that are part of the Italian delegation. “What is happening […]

On Sunday 10 August, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support disembarked 146 people in the port of Savona, northern Italy, following their rescue from boats in distress in the central Mediterranean. Between 6 and 7 August, Life Support conducted three separate rescue operations. The first two involved overcrowded boats, unfit for navigation and carrying […]

“Military escalations and the total occupation of Gaza in order to free the hostages is a strategy that is doomed to fail, and will only cause further suffering. We all know that the only road to peace is a permanent ceasefire to stop the massacre of civilians, the establishment of safe humanitarian corridors, unhindered entry […]

Between 6 and 7 August, EMERGENCY’s Search and Rescue (SAR) vessel, Life Support, carried out three rescue operations, rescuing 31, 47 and 69 people, respectively. One patient was evacuated by an Italian Coast Guard helicopter for medical assistance. There are currently 146 people on board Life Support. On the morning of 6 August, Life Support […]

On Monday 21 July, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed two separate rescue operations in the central Mediterranean, in the international waters of the Libyan SAR area. In total, 71 people have been brought to safety. The first distress case was an overcrowded dinghy that lacked life jackets and smelled strongly of petrol, […]

Following the massive evacuation order issued by Israeli forces yesterday, Sunday 20 July, in the south-western area of Deir al-Balah, EMERGENCY’s healthcare clinics in al-Mawasi and al-Qarara (Khan Younis) are now forced to operate at reduced capacity despite the serious needs, because EMERGENCY’s international team members remain stuck in their accommodation while some of our […]

Four years after the end of the conflict and the departure of international forces from Afghanistan, the legacy of decades of war is still affecting the lives of millions of people. An inadequate and weakened healthcare system makes it difficult for more than 14 million Afghans in need to access care, report OCHA. According to […]

32 organisations demand the immediate ending of the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts by the Italian state. In the past month alone, NGO vessels have been detained three times due to legal restrictions based on allegations under the “Piantedosi decree” – one of them, the monitoring vessel Nadir operated by RESQSHIP, […]