International Day of the Rescuer – Israel
There is a small village in Israel where peace and harmony triumph over war and chaos. This place is called Wahat al Salam Neve Shalom and hosts the Garden of...
08 Mar 2017
23 Feb 2017
CEPS Ideas Lab – Rights & Security
EU migration policies: Are there effective ways to address smuggling? On February 23rd I was invited as a discussion leader to the event CEPS Ideas Lab – Reconstructing the Union, held...
28 Jan 2017
Remembrance Day
My mind is preoccupied by thoughts of the video circulating online of the recent drowning of Pateh Sabally, who disappeared on Sunday in the waters of the Grand Canal in...
24 Jan 2017
Never forget
“Europe is gradually being turned into one big prison camp. We will all end up facing the same fate. I wonder who will escape the camps, since history keeps following...
05 Jan 2017
A bridge between Germany and the Mediterranean Sea
On January 5th, my husband Christopher and I were invited by Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, the Archbishop of Cologne, to participate in the Three Kings ceremony. This gave us the...
03 Dec 2016
A wake-up call for entrepreneurs and civil society
On the 2nd and 3rd December 2016 I had the chance to give my contribution to the Fortune + Time Global Forum held in Rome and the Vatican City. The...
30 Nov 2016
Migrants: Crisis or new normality?
On 30 November, I had the great opportunity to give my own contribution to the TrustWomen event organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in London. I was participating in a panel...
15 Nov 2016
Beyond search and rescue at sea
“Europa no exit” workshop held by Caritas Italia in Rome 14-15 November 2016 The workshop organised by Caritas Italia in Rome followed the Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons opened by Pope Francis...
03 Nov 2016
A story about People
London, 3rd November 2016 The event organised by WIRED UK was a valuable chance to re-introduce MOAS activities and initiatives. MOAS is a professional search and rescue organisation created to mitigate...