A Red Cross convoy came under armed attack on the morning of Sunday, 10 December, in Khartoum, Sudan. Nine people were on board. One person died immediately. The other eight wounded were taken to EMERGENCY’s hospital complex. Of the eight brought to the facility, one died on arrival from severe head injuries, three underwent surgery […]

Armed clashes and attacks on a military base and a prison took place on Sunday 26 November in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Following the clashes in the capital city, 11 injured people were received at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Goderich, a district in the western area of Freetown. “Since the beginning of the armed clashes on […]

At 19:10 on 23 November 2023, at the port of Marina di Carrara, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support completed the disembarkation of 21 people rescued earlier this week on 20 November in the international waters of the Libyan search and rescue zone. “The disembarkation operations were completed without difficulty. It took us three […]

At 9:20 a.m. on Saturday 11 November, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed disembarkation in Brindisi of the 118 people it had rescued in two separate operations in the international waters of the Central Mediterranean. The rescued people are finally safe on land after more than 48 hours of navigation in rough seas […]

Between 8 and 9 November, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support carried out two separate operations, rescuing a total of 118 people. The first rescue of 77 people ended at 3:30 a.m., while the second rescue of 41 people ended around 8:30 a.m. Both boats in distress were in international waters of the Central […]

“In addition to the externalisation of borders, the increasingly distant ports for NGO ships carrying out search and rescue activities, the tightening of special protection, the accelerated border procedures, and the reduction of protection even for unaccompanied children, migrants will find other obstacles on their way to Europe, as a result of the very recent […]

On Wednesday 25 October, some of the Sudanese staff at EMERGENCY’s Paediatric Centre in Nyala, South Darfur, were arrested by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Due to communication difficulties that have persisted since the beginning of the war, EMERGENCY became aware of the arrest from a video circulating on social media and was unable to […]

Yesterday, a number of Sudanese staff members at EMERGENCY’s Paediatric Centre in Nyala, South Darfur, were taken from the hospital and arrested by the Rapid Support Forces. It seems they are still being held. EMERGENCY has been present in Nyala since 2020, providing free medical care to mothers, children and cardiac patients. Since the outbreak […]

At 23:45 on 10 October, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed disembarkation at the port of Livorno of the 69 people rescued in three separate operations carried out between 7 and 8 October. “We are in the port of Livorno, where yesterday evening the disembarkation of the 69 people that we rescued in three […]

Two more rescues were carried out this morning, 8 October, by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support which, after the first rescue of 21 people on 7 October, brought another 48 people to safety. In total, 69 people were rescued in the three operations. At 9.00, Life Support concluded the rescue of 21 people […]