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COVID-19 | EMERGENCY COMES TO NAPLES WITH MORE FOOD AND GOODS TO TACKLE NEWFOUND POVERTY
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
28,000 food packs delivered, 640 working volunteers and 1,740 households helped. Those are the figures for ‘Nobody left behind – Supporting those in need through unprecedented times’, EMERGENCY’s project to tackle the newfound poverty after the pandemic by handing out free food and basic goods. Having sprung up in Milan, Rome and Piacenza, now ‘No […]
‘IMMIGRATION’ DECREE: CHANGES TO THE ‘SAFETY’ DECREE ARE A START BUT WE NEED A STRUCTURAL APPROACH TO IMMIGRATION
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
‘In our everyday work for almost two years now, we’ve seen with our own eyes the effects of the ‘Security’ legislative decree on thousands of people’s lives. So, the much-awaited amendments to the decree are a big change, and they seem at last to be going in the right direction of respect for human rights, […]
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM – EMERGENCY SAYS “MIGRANTS’ RIGHTS ARE THE LAST THING THE EU IS WORRIED ABOUT” AND “NO TRACE OF A STRUCTURAL PLAN”
Friday, September 25, 2020
‘The Pact on Migration and Asylum has disappointed our hopes for a sharp change in direction by the European Commission. Migrants’ right are the last thing this document is worried about, and it demeans even further the European Union’s founding values and the international rules on asylum.’ This is what EMERGENCY had to say on […]
A QUARANTINE SHIP FOR THE 276 PEOPLE RESCUED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS BY OPEN ARMS AND EMERGENCY
Friday, September 18, 2020
The 140 rescued people who were still on board Open Arms have now all been transferred to another ship. They were moved in the course of the afternoon to Allegra, a quarantine ship in the port of Palermo, after 123 of them jumped into the sea in the last two days. This marks the end, […]
OPEN ARMS -EMERGENCY: “FORMALISED SEARCH, RESCUE AND LANDING PROTOCOLS IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ARE NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CREW AND RESCUED PEOPLE ON BOARD HUMANITARIAN SHIPS”
Thursday, September 17, 2020
During this latest Open Arms mission, number 76, we rescued 276 people in three different operations, two of them in Maltese waters. The people rescued are extremely vulnerable. One group, which originated from the third boat we assisted, had been adrift for three days without food or water. EMERGENCY medical staff on board assessed that […]
OPEN ARMS – EMERGENCY: Sixth Day Waiting to Disembark 278 People on Board. Malta and Italy deny a Medical Evacuation Request and a Safe Harbour.
Monday, September 14, 2020
After carrying out three rescue missions between 08/09 and 10/09, two in the Maltese SAR area, and one in the Libyan SAR area, the Open Arms vessel has been waiting for six days for a safe harbour to disembark 278 people on board, who are in need of immediate assistance and care. There are currently […]
EMERGENCY and Open Arms Rescued 83 People in the Mediterranean Sea
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Last night Open Arms saved 83 people from the central Mediterranean Sea. The boat, belonging to the charity of the same name, was travelling with EMERGENCY on board to rescue immigrants fleeing over the sea in search of a better life. Of the 83 people rescued from a small wooden boat, four were women, two […]
EMERGENCY: ‘EXPLOSION IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT – HIGH NUMBER OF VICTIMS’
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
A bomb attack struck Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh’s convoy as it passed through the Taimani area of north-east Kabul this morning. Saleh survived with only minor injuries to his hands and face, as he explained afterwards in a video message on social media. EMERGENCY’s hospital is half a mile from where the explosion took place. […]
EMERGENCY AND OPEN ARMS: A NEW MISSION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Friday, August 28, 2020
Open Arms, the humanitarian boat owned by the charity of the same name, has left the port of Burriana, Spain, and is currently in the central Mediterranean. On board are a 20-strong crew, among them a doctor, nurse and cultural mediator from EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY and Open Arms are pooling their strengths once more and returning […]
EMERGENCY x ISHKAR PRINT SALE: PHOTOGRAPHS THAT SHOW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF AFGHANISTAN
Monday, August 10, 2020
ISHKAR’S PRINT COLLECTION AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY’S HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY 16 extraordinary photographers. 24 images showing a side of Afghanistan we rarely see. EMERGENCY has teamed up with London-based social enterprise Ishkar to launch a photography fundraiser in support of EMERGENCY’s healthcare facilities in Afghanistan. Internationally-renowned photographers have generously donated some […]