14 August 2023, NAPLES: The 76 people rescued in international waters on the night of 11 August by EMERGENCY’s ship Life Support have disembarked in Naples. Among them were seven women and 24 children, including 12 unaccompanied and a seven-month-old baby. “They had departed from the Libyan coast in an unstable wooden boat,” explains Carlo Maisano, Life […]

Amid the changing political landscape, the freeze on international banking, an escalating humanitarian crisis and increased restrictions on women, EMERGENCY remains in Afghanistan and continues to provide free, high-quality care across the country. Since August 2021, EMERGENCY has admitted more than 41,000 people to its four hospitals: two Surgical Centres in Kabul and Lashkar-Gah, and a […]

After the floods of the last few days in the east of Afghanistan, causing dozens of injuries, deaths and missing people, EMERGENCY’s First Aid Posts in the Ghurband and Jalrez districts have received 10 injured patient, and two already dead on arrival. The posts are located in the provinces of Parwan and Maidan Wardak, among […]

171 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT LANDED IN TARANTO. AMONG THE RESCUED ARE 20 WOMEN AND 51 CHILDREN, 46 OF WHOM ARE UNACCOMPANIED. MANY REPORT VIOLENCE IN TUNISIA AND LIBYA. Taranto, 24.07.23 – The disembarkation of the 171 people rescued on 20 July by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life […]

The four rescue operations conducted by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support throughout the night of Thursday 20 July were completed at 10:30 am today.184 people were rescued. All the rescues took place in international waters, within the Maltese search and rescue zone. The first boat came from Libya and the other three from […]

Brussels, 13 July 2023 – Five leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) about Italian Law 15/2023 and the practice by Italian authorities of assigning ports distant from the area where the rescue took place, to disembark people from humanitarian search and rescue vessels.   The NGOs submitting the complaint […]

“THE ENGINE BROKE DOWN. I WAS PANICKING BUT I WOULD NEVER GO BACK BECAUSE IN LIBYA YOU RISK YOUR LIFE EVERY DAY.”  “THE FATHER OF MY SON IS STILL IN LIBYA. WE WANTED TO RESCUE OUR LITTLE ONE FROM THAT HELL, BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THREE. HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF. NOW […]