According to the International Organization for Migration, three migrants have been shot and killed when they landed at Khums, after the Libyan coastguard intercepted them at sea and reported back to the mainland. The local authorities opened fire after the migrants tried to run away. Killing people whose only crime was to flee a country […]

We’ve reached 2,318 people, made 50 deliveries a day and helped more than 600 households. Those are the figures so far for the ‘Catania Aiuta’ (‘Catania helps’) service run by EMERGENCY Catania in Phase 1 of the Covid-19 crisis. The project to deliver food and basic goods to the city’s most vulnerable is now drawing […]

30 patients arrived at the EMERGENCY First Aid Post in Sangin At least 23 civilians died this morning after rockets hit a crowded market in the Sangin district in the southern province of Helmand, where hundreds of farmers had gathered to trade livestock. “We have received thirty patients at our Sangin First Aid Post so […]

Europe, 20 June 2020 – On the 20th of June, the World Refugee day, just a few days before Germany takes over the presidency of the EU Council, major sea rescue and civil society organisations involved in promoting healthcare and human rights for migrants are launching a network to take the lead for a  change […]

An explosion hit the Sher Shah Suri mosque in the west of Kabul today during Friday prayers. “The bomb resulted in four deaths, including the mosque’s Imam. EMERGENCY’s Kabul Surgical Centre for War Victims received seven patients, two of whom had serious injuries,” says Marco Puntin, EMERGENCY Programme Coordinator. Although the number of civilians killed […]

Three hundred and twenty volunteers have done 6,370 shopping trips, bringing 60 tonnes of food and basic goods to more than 3,000 households, at an average rate of over 100 deliveries a day. Those are the figures so far for ‘Milano Aiuta’ (‘Milan helps’), a service run by EMERGENCY and the municipal council of Milan […]

Yesterday, a kitted out mobile clinic in Marche began providing a psychological support service for health workers, former Covid-19 patients and families of people still fighting the disease. All thanks to an agreement signed by EMERGENCY and ASUR March Area Vasta 3, to set up a point for psychological support at the Covid-19 hospital in Camerino. […]

“We have received four people wounded in the attack today. Three of them have gunshot wounds and one is suffering from shrapnel injuries. We stand with our colleagues at the MSF-affiliated hospital today – victims of a violent attack on a facility where women can give birth safely.” says Marco Puntin, EMERGENCY Afghanistan Programme Coordinator […]