On September 25th I landed in Canada to take part in a 3-day immersive discussion and dialogue on a sensitive topic which affects everyone’s daily lives. Citizenship and inclusion are…
Imagine you are out at sea. It is hot, and you are hungry and thirsty, your throat is dry and your stomach is rumbling. You are surrounded by water, but…
On Sunday August 21st (before MOAS announced the end of its mission on the Mediterranean), following the instructions given by MRCC in Rome, the MOAS ship the Phoenix carried out…
In the opposite part of the world, in a region spanning between Myanmar and Bangladesh, a barely known Muslim minority tries to survive amid hardships and violence, with borders acting…
“I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground”, Gabriel…
From September 10th to 12th I was invited to attend the event Paths of Peace organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio in the German cities of Münster and Osnabrück. Both…
Rojee and Oljana are 19 and 12, and are Syrian Kurds and who come from a city in Northern Syria called Afrin. War has overturned their peaceful lives and pushed…
Dear Friend of MOAS, Three years ago, the Phoenix was heading to the search and rescue (SAR) zone for the first time, ready to start its life-saving mission at sea.…
In November 2016, the MOAS crew operating in the Central Mediterranean rescued a Syrian family made up of four people: Hamed, the father (70); Sheriffa, the mother (61) and their…
Between August 8th and 10th two shipwrecks occurred just off Yemen’s shores, and victims appear to have died in atrocious circumstances after being deliberately drowned by smugglers. The first drowning…