DRAW YOUR FUTURE: HERE ARE THE WINNERS OF EMERGENCY AND DESALL’S INTERNATIONAL CONTEST TO IMAGINE A PEACEFUL FUTURE AND CELEBRATE THE NGO’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY THE TWO ILLUSTRATIONS WILL BE USED ON TWO T-SHIRTS IN THE SPECIAL “ARTIVISTS X EMERGENCY” COLLECTION, TOGETHER WITH ELEVEN OTHER PROFESSIONAL ILLUSTRATORS Milan, 2 May 2024. Two designs will be used […]

One year after the outbreak of war in Sudan, EMERGENCY’s interventions in the country face enormous difficulties that jeopardise the survival of the population and the viability of its projects. Among the obstacles are continuous electricity blackouts and interruptions to the internet and telecommunications networks; exponentially increased fuel prices; shortages of basic goods; and difficulties […]

This morning at the port of Ravenna, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel, Life Support, completed the disembarkation of 202 people rescued on 5 April in the Libyan SAR region. Nationalities of the survivors – including 15 women and 18 minors, eight of whom were unaccompanied – are Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghana, Pakistan, Palestine and Syria. […]

This morning, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel, Life Support, successfully concluded rescue operations for two closely situated boats in distress within international waters, in the Libyan SAR zone, with a total of 200 people aboard. Captain of Life Support, Domenico Pugliese, said: “At dawn, our radar detected two distressed boats. Upon investigation, we found them […]

EMERGENCY has opened a new Paediatric Outpatient Clinic in Khartoum, hosted within the same complex as the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery. The Outpatient Clinic will provide free healthcare to mothers and children up to 14 years old. Since conflict broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

At 11:00 on Thursday, 21 March, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support concluded the disembarkation of 71 people that were rescued on Saturday, 16 March, in international waters of the Maltese SAR zone.  “To arrive at the POS [place of safety] in Ravenna, it took us four days of navigation. The assignment of distant […]

At 23:15 on Tuesday, 12 March, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed the disembarkation of 52 people rescued on 11 March in the international waters of the Libyan SAR region. The distress case had been spotted from the bridge of Life Support after an alert from Alarm Phone. “The disembarkation operations of the […]

On Saturday, 9 March, at 17:33 CET, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support received a mayday relay from SPARROW 4, a Frontex aircraft. The aircraft informed the NGO ship that it had spotted around 40 people on board the Tunisian gas platform MISKAR, located in the Gulf of Gabes, in the international waters of […]

Italy’s Obstruction of Search and Rescue Activities is Endangering People’s Lives Joint statement by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean In light of the increasing death toll in the Central Mediterranean since early 2023, coinciding with the adoption of a new law by Italian authorities and the systematic […]

Fifteen injured people arrived at EMERGENCY’s Surgical Centre in Kabul following two attacks. Yesterday, 11 January, two different attacks took place in Afghanistan’s capital city: one was caused by an explosive device placed near a market in a densely populated commercial area, and the other by an explosive device placed under a vehicle that reportedly […]