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, […]

On Friday 27 June at approximately 16:00, EMERGENCY’s Life Support, on its 32nd mission, completed the recovery of two lifeless bodies that were drifting in international waters within the Libyan Search and Rescue (SAR) zone. The alarm had been raised on Thursday 26 June by Sea-Watch, after its Seabird aircraft spotted several bodies in international […]

On 5 May, the Israeli government announced its approval of a plan for military escalation in the Gaza Strip and for privately contracting the distribution of humanitarian aid. EMERGENCY, which has been present in Gaza since August 2024, is witnessing a dramatic situation nearly 10 weeks since the beginning of the blockade on the entry […]

On 22 April 2025, 82 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s ship Life Support disembarked at the port of Ravenna. They had been rescued in the international waters of the Libyan SAR zone. “The disembarkation proceeded without a hitch. I would like to thank the authorities and the volunteers who assisted us, their cooperation helps to make […]

Two years have passed since 15 April 2023, when a war broke out in Sudan fought between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). EMERGENCY has remained continuously operational, even in the capital Khartoum. Since Khartoum was recaptured by the SAF in recent weeks, fighting has ceased in the city. EMERGENCY’s […]

On Tuesday 8 April, 171 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support disembarked in the port of Naples. They were rescued from boats in distress in three separate operations conducted in the international waters of the Library SAR zone on Saturday 5 April: two overcrowded rubber dinghies with deflated tubes on which […]

The Place of Safety (POS) assigned to EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support has been changed following a request by the NGO over a drastic worsening of sea conditions. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Rome has assigned Naples as the new port of disembarkation. Life Support is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday […]

On 5 April 2025, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support performed three separate rescue operations, each involving one boat in distress, in the international waters of the Libyan SAR zone. In total, Life Support rescued 215 people. “Upon receiving the first report, we promptly headed towards the boat in distress. We found it taking […]

On Friday, 21 March 2025, an explosion took place in a market in Grishk, in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, just one hour north of Lashkar-Gah. Immediately following the explosion, two ambulances were sent from EMERGENCY’s nearby First Aid Posts in Shoraki and Nad Ali to enable prompt transfers to the NGO’s Surgical Centre in Lashkar-Gah. […]