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48 SURVIVORS AND 7 BODIES DISEMBARKED FROM LIFE SUPPORT IN BARI
Thursday, August 20, 2026
The 48 remaining survivors on board Life Support, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue (SAR) vessel, disembarked today in Puglia at the port of Bari, three days after being rescued in international waters within the Libyan Search and Rescue zone. Once all survivors had disembarked, at around 11:45 am, operations began to bring ashore seven bodies. The […]
Kabul Surgical Hospital Receives 35 Patients Following Explosion in Dasht-e-Barchi
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
On Monday 17th August, EMERGENCY’s Kabul Surgical Centre admitted 35 patients following an incident involving an explosion at a school in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood. The Mass Casualty Protocol was activated. The patients were all young children between the age of 10 and 14, and they were reportedly leaving the school when the explosion happened. “At […]
Life Support | Boat in Distress Rescued in International Waters in Libyan SAR Zone
Monday, August 17, 2026
EMERGENCY’S SAR VESSEL RESCUES A BOAT IN DISTRESS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS WITHIN THE LIBYAN SAR ZONE. 57 PEOPLE BROUGHT ON BOARD, INCLUDING TWO IN SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION AND SEVEN WHO HAD DIED DURING THE CROSSING. AN URGENT MEDEVAC HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE TWO PEOPLE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. EMERGENCY REQUESTED A NEARBY PLACE OF SAFETY […]
Life Support | 28 Rescued People Disembark in Ortona, Abruzzo
Monday, August 3, 2026
This afternoon at the Italian port of Ortona, in Abruzzo, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support disembarked 28 people who had been rescued on Thursday 30 July, in international waters within the Maltese SAR zone. “We arrived at the port of Ortona after four days at sea,” comments Jonathan Nanì La Terra, Head of […]
Three years on, the EU-Tunisia deal continues to fuel human rights violations | Joint Statement by 46 human rights and humanitarian organisations
Thursday, July 16, 2026
“A Blueprint For Complicity” Three Years On, the EU-Tunisia Deal Continues to Fuel Human Rights Violations Joint Statement by 46 human rights and humanitarian organizations Three years since the signature of the European Union (EU)-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the agreement has not only failed to guarantee respect for refugees and migrants’ rights, it has […]
EMERGENCY Opens Two New Health Clinics in Ukraine
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
EMERGENCY has opened two new primary healthcare clinics in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region. In the towns of Barvinkove and Blyzniuky, situated close to the front lines, access to primary care is increasingly difficult due to the worsening war while the needs of the most vulnerable people continue to grow. EMERGENCY’s new clinics will offer free […]
Afghanistan | Kabul Surgical Centre Admits 9 People Following Overnight Attacks
Monday, June 29, 2026
EMERGENCY’s Kabul Surgical Centre has admitted nine people following overnight attacks by Pakistan in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Kunar. The figures remain provisional. “So far, we have admitted nine injured people at our hospital, four of whom are children,” explains Viktor Urosevic, EMERGENCY’s Programme Coordinator in Afghanistan. “All the patients have undergone surgery. […]
Ebola Outbreak in Uganda | Preventive protocols implemented at Entebbe Children’s Surgical hospital
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Several confirmed and hundreds of suspected cases of Ebola have been detected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak “a public health emergency of international concern.” EMERGENCY – which in Uganda operates the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe, 40 km from Kampala – has […]
Life Support | 68 People Disembark in Ortona
Friday, May 1, 2026
On Thursday 30 April, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed the disembarkation of 68 people at the Italian port of Ortona. Life Support conducted the rescues during two separate operations last Sunday in international waters within the Libyan SAR zone. The two rubber dinghies in distress that were rescued were travelling separately and were […]
EMERGENCY condemns the serious actions of the Israeli naval forces against the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0
Thursday, April 30, 2026
EMERGENCY condemns the serious actions of the Israeli naval forces against the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0, and has released the following statement: “EMERGENCY condemns the military action carried out during the night of 29–30 April by Israeli naval forces against the Global Sumud Flotilla 2.0 in international waters, 960 kilometres from Gaza, where 22 civilian […]