Italy: “I’m Shocked by the Whirlwind of Emotions”
I've been in Augusta since Tuesday. I've witnessed the landing of 712 people.
Statement on Proposed Border Rules
Closing Italian ports to NGO rescue ships will be another obstacle to the safety of thousands of people.
Sicily: “They beat me in prison, and I was left there for three months.”
A newly-arrived refugee in Sicily describes the traumatic Mediterranean crossing.
Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea
"In front of me, in the middle of the sea between Italy and Libya, were hundreds of youngsters. We rescued them one by one."
PRESS RELEASE: EMERGENCY NGO & MOAS partner up to provide rescue and medical care to migrants in the Mediterranean
6th June 2016 A joint operation by EMERGENCY NGO, humanitarian organisation which provides medical care, and Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) is leaving Malta today aboard the Topaz Responder, a search and rescue vessel which will patrol the world’s deadliest migrant crossing: the central Mediterranean. More than 2.000 people have already died in 2016 attempting…
Migrant Response, Italy: Twelve Days In The Open Sea
Migrant Response, Italy: N. and H. both came ashore with their families, but on their boats there were around 100 Egyptian children who came alone.
ITALY: 200+ Migrants and Refugees land in Sicily, one on his birthday.
He came ashore with over 200 other migrants and refugees, but for him landing in Europe was especially momentous: it was his birthday.
ITALY: 1,500 Migrants and Refugees come ashore in 48 hours
In the last two days, over 1,500 people have come ashore in Pozzallo and Augusta, Sicily.
CROSSING TO SAFETY
"I couldn’t let my sons be made into child soldiers, I couldn’t let my daughters have no future. It’s the dream of their future that led me. And we are alive."