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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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“Beyond the Beach”: Full Documentary Film Available Now
EMERGENCY is happy to announce that Dover Street Entertainment’s documentary film, “Beyond the Beach – The Hell and the Hope”, is now available on Amazon Prime Video across the UK, US and Italy following its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. “Beyond the Beach” follows EMERGENCY’s humanitarian projects in Afghanistan, in Iraqi Kurdistan, and…
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Our 2023
From Sudan to Afghanistan, from Uganda to the Mediterranean Sea, over 3,000 EMERGENCY staff have worked together to provide free, high-quality care around the world, every day. As we reflect on the past year and look ahead to the next, we want to say a massive thank you to all of our supporters, colleagues and…
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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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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…
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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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500 People Abducted At Sea! Malta Coordinates Criminal Mass Pushback By Proxy To A Libyan Prison!
Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Sea-Watch, Mediterranea Saving Humans and EMERGENCY 29 May 2023 The ~500 people being towed back to Libya, Foto: Consolidated Rescue Group “They fled wars and prisons in Syria, and now, unfortunately, they have been returned to Libya.” (A relative of people on board, reporting the pushback to Alarm Phone) In…