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69 Rescued People Disembark in Livorno
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…
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Life Support: 69 People Rescued in Three Operations
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…
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28 People Rescued by Life Support Disembark in Ravenna, Northeastern Italy
Ravenna, 25 September 2023. This afternoon, 28 people rescued by EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support completed disembarkation in the port of Ravenna. After more than four days of navigation, including two in rough seas and adverse weather conditions, all have disembarked safely. The rescue took place on Thursday 21 September, in the international waters of…
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Urgent warning: Increased deaths at sea, NGO vessels detained – European states must stop obstructing civilian search and rescue efforts in the Central Mediterranean
Up to 600 people lost their lives in another avoidable shipwreck off the Greek coast in June 2023. As civil society, we are horrified by the preventable deaths in the Central Mediterranean sea which happen year in, year out. Search and rescue ships are urgently needed to prevent further loss of life on the deadliest…
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40 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SHIP LIFE SUPPORT DISEMBARK IN ORTONA AFTER FOUR DAYS AT SEA
RESCUED MAN FROM DARFUR ON BOARD, “I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SUDAN, TO SEE MY FAMILY, BUT THE SITUATION THERE HAD ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. SO I TRIED TO CROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN.” Ortona, 23 August 2023. After four days at sea, EMERGENCY’s search and rescue ship Life Support has completed the disembarkation of the 40…
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EMERGENCY NGO OPENS CENTRE FOR EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA SURGERY IN KHARTOUM: 77 PATIENTS RECEIVED ALREADY
At EMERGENCY’s Salam Centre complex in Khartoum, already home to a cardiac surgery hospital, the NGO has opened an emergency and trauma surgery hospital to treat people in a context where few other medical facilities are available because of the war that began in Sudan on 15 April 2023. EMERGENCY, which has been active in…
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76 People Rescued by Life Support Disembark in Naples
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…
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Afghanistan: Two Years on from August 2021
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…
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10 INJURED AND 2 DEAD RECEIVED IN EMERGENCY CLINICS IN THE DISTRICTS OF JALREZ AND GHURBAND, NEAR KABUL
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…
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171 PEOPLE RESCUED BY EMERGENCY’S SEARCH AND RESCUE SHIP LIFE SUPPORT LANDED IN TARANTO.
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…