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Life Support Search and Rescue Updates
20 August 2026 48 Survivors Disembark in Bari The 48 survivors remaining on board EMERGENCY’s search and rescue vessel Life Support disembarked this morning at the port of Bari, three days after their rescue in international waters within the Libyan SAR zone. Once all survivors had disembarked at around 11:45am, operations began to bring ashore…
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Life Support Missions 21-42 Archive
This page is an archive for Life Support updates on missions 21-42. For current updates, please head to the live page. 12 April 2026 71 People Disembark in La Spezia On 12 April, 71 people rescued by Life Support disembarked at La Spezia, Italy, their assigned Place of Safety. The port is over 640 nautical…
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Life Support Search and Rescue Missions 11-20
This page is an archive for Life Support updates on missions 11-20. For current updates, please head to the live page. 30 June 2024 Mission 20 Complete: 47 Rescued People Disembark in Livorno The 47 people rescued by Life Support on 26 June have disembarked at the port of Livorno. While en route to the port,…
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Life Support Search and Rescue Missions 1-10
This page is an archive for Life Support updates on missions 1-10. For current updates, please head to the live page. 14 August 2023 The 76 rescued people have disembarked in Naples. “Thank you! Thank you!” were the shouts as the 76 people rescued by Life Support disembarked in Naples. 24 children – 12 unaccompanied –…
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“Now I Am Afraid We Will Never See Each Other Again.”
G. and her two-year-old son were rescued by Life Support while crossing the Central Mediterranean, the world’s deadliest migration route. “The father of my son is now in Libya,” the 22-year-old Eritrean told us. “We wanted to rescue little N. from that hell, but we did not have the money to pay for three people…
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EMERGENCY President Rossella Miccio Discusses Migration at European Parliament
Today, EMERGENCY’s President Rossella Miccio joined a discussion at the European Parliament organised by the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (DMED), in association with Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries. She appeared…
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Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a place of safety for those rescued at sea
Joint Statement by Civil Search And Rescue Organizations and migrants solidarity networks We, the undersigned organisations, issue this statement to remind once again that Tunisia is neither a safe country of origin nor a safe third country. Therefore, it cannot be considered as a place of safety for people rescued at sea. Given the Tunisian…
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When he left Nigeria, K. was 14 years old.
“For two years I travelled alone, knowing that there was no one there to help me and that I was the only one who would take care of me. Many times I thought about my parents, who remained in Nigeria.” When he left Nigeria, K. was 14 years old. He was chosen by his family…
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New Italian Decree Hinders Rescue at Sea and Will Cause More Deaths
We, civil organisations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea, express our gravest concerns regarding the latest attempt by a European government to obstruct assistance to people in distress at sea. A new law decree, signed by the Italian President on 2 January 2023, will reduce rescue capacities at sea…