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Season’s Greetings 2025
Season’s greetings from everyone at EMERGENCY. 2025 has been a year marked by war and violence, but also by collective solidarity around the world. Dedicated humanitarians, volunteers, supporters and everyday people have helped EMERGENCY provide care to thousands of people in our hospitals and clinics. Together, we… ⛑️ Supported civilians suffering along the frontlines of…
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Over 16,000 Attendees at “People”: The EMERGENCY Festival
Over 16,000 attendees registered “People”, the fourth edition of EMERGENCY’s Festival in Reggio Emilia, registered more than 16,000 attendees over the three-day programme of events and panels. Thank you to everyone who attended, to the guests, the volunteers, the staff, the supporters, and the city of Reggio Emilia. With special thanks to speakers Lynzy Billing,…
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Gino’s Words Ring as True as Ever
“The recognition of equality is the best antidote against war.” Gino Strada passed away three years ago today, yet his words ring as true as ever. Gino spent his life putting his belief into practice, providing the care to which every human being should be entitled to. Today, more than 3,000 EMERGENCY colleagues continue his…
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From 1994 to 2024: EMERGENCY Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Free, High-Quality Care
“The hospital of Kigali is deserted. Patients, doctors, nurses, almost all have been killed. There are five of us, but we will soon be joined by others.” In 1994, in the midst of the Rwandan genocide, Dr Gino Strada and the first EMERGENCY team began to work. Together, they restored the surgical and obstetrics and…
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Statement on Iranian Attack against Israel: War is Never the Solution
Iran’s attack on Israel last night marks another step toward the irreversible. And before we get to that moment when it is “too late,” we must take note of a simple, banal yet forgotten truth: if we do not escape from the logic of war, the only possible outcome will be more war. No, it…
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EMERGENCY Joins Campaign “Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders!”
Stop the Inhumanity at Europe’s Borders! Razor-wire fences and naval blockades. Pushbacks on land and at sea. Physical punishment by border guards, militia forces and vigilante groups. Detention without trial and confinement to squalid camps. Criminalization of aid workers. Deportation deals with rights-abusing states. On land and at sea, European states are obstructing and deterring…
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Our Wish for 2024
In the last 10 years, more than 28,000 migrating people have drowned in the Mediterranean. Our wish for 2024: No more indifference. No more deaths at sea. Credits Creative Agency: Ogilvy Italia President & Chief Creative Officer: Giuseppe Mastromatteo Executive Creative Directors: Lavinia Francia, Francesco Basile Client Creative Directors: Alberto Crignola, Nicolò Mondonico Head of Strategy: Luca Tapognani…
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World Refugee Day 2023
Refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs: a record 110 million people are displaced worldwide, forced to flee because of persecution, conflict, climate change and human rights violations. On World Refugee Day, we recognise the dangers and extreme difficulties that migrants face as countries in Europe and elsewhere adopt a hostile approach to those on the move. …
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Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi.
Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day, we jointly demand full and independent investigations into the events,…
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20/06/2023: Joint Letter Calling for Mechanism on HR violations at borders
To: Member and observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 19 June 2023 Re: The UN Human Rights Council should urgently respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders Dear Excellencies, The undersigned civil society organizations and groups write to express our deep concern…