EMERGENCY will welcome Little Amal! We are so proud to be a partner of The Walk – an epic international cultural collaboration in support of refugees in 2021. Little Amal is not that little, considering that she is a 3.5 metre-tall puppet, but she represents the millions of young refugees fleeing from war, poverty and…

It is all in that quote. On the International Day of Peace, we must remind ourselves that we have the potential to contribute together to foster peace. We are facing the worst public health crisis of our time, but the world continues to be ravaged by illnesses that have been with us for much longer…

Bader, one of our team members on board Open Arms, sent us this video of the Mediterranean Sea last night.   Just look at it: this is the terrifying frontier that people searching for a better life must cross in order to reach Europe. They travel in packed, rickety boats without any guarantee of reaching…

6 August 1945 9 August 1945 The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were some of the darkest moments in history. Today we proclaim: Never again. ●●●●●●●● Give back my father, give back my mother; Give grandpa back, grandma back; Give me my sons and daughters back. Give me back myself. Give back the human race. As…

A long night in our Kabul Surgical Centre : the 3 operating theatres and emergency room worked tirelessly to treat 32 people wounded after a powerful car bomb attack in Pul-e-Alam. Afghanistan recorded 3,458 civilian casualties within the first half of 2020 according to UNAMA News. This conflict continues to ravage the country and destroy…

Human trafficking is a scourge around the world. Today, we remind ourselves of the urgent need to end this inhumane and abusive exploitation. Trafficking takes many different forms, but common to them all is a lack of value for human life. This cruel phenomenon is often exacerbated by the lack of safe and legal routes for…

According to UNHCR, 1% of humanity is currently displaced. Refugees face unimaginable conditions. Conditions created by racism, closed borders, hostile environments and populist politics. #WorldRefugeeDay – today and every day until borders, hearts and minds are opened to those fleeing from conflict and persecution.

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we are glad to announce that EMERGENCY is joining forces with a network of partners across Europe as part of ‘From the Sea to the City’. This campaign, involving sea rescue organisations and civil society, aims to create awareness and demand a new human rights-based migration and refugee policy. The ongoing crisis in…