Some days ago, the latest data on casualties at sea along the Mediterranean route, especially along the Central Mediterranean, were released. They describe a terrible scenario: 1408 people have allegedly lost...
As of June 22nd 2018, 960 migrant deaths were recorded along the Mediterranean route, according to IOM data. Among them, 623 casualties occurred in the Central Mediterranean, 45 in the...
1.300.000 people need help in Bangladesh. More than 900,000 live in overcrowded refugee camps and makeshift settlements without sanitation and safe shelters, 200,000 live in areas prone to landslides and...
“I was an irregular migrant and an asylum-seeker. I was jailed and forced to work as a slave when I was still a minor in a factory of Auschwitz extermination...
On May 23rd and 24th the Nautical Institute organised an event in Malta to gather maritime experts and professionals to improve operations at sea. The agenda included good maritime practices...
It is difficult to fully predict the consequences of the 9-month humanitarian crisis affecting the Rohingya community, above all because the current emergency approach doesn’t allow a long-term vision which...
Almost nine months ago “the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis” started, as the UN called the Rohingya crisis. Last August 25th an unprecedented wave of violence pushed around 700,000 Rohingya...
Since last August 25th around 700,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar and sought sanctuary in Bangladesh where they settled among the previous migratory waves of Rohingya, bringing their community to...
Imagine you live in a village where armed men suddenly arrive to kill its inhabitants. Imagine that your children can’t go to school because reaching it exposes them to enormous...
Three years of MOAS’ missions gave me many chances to better understand the impact of forced migration on children, women and men. Both on land and at sea, I experienced...