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...
Three female Nobel Prize laureates join together to defend the persecuted Rohingya community from human rights abuse, which are so serious to accuse the Burmese government of genocide. Shirin Ebadi...
“The city of Palermo is made of many precious tiles, which are all part of its great mosaic. Every time we find a new tile we are honoured to acknowledge...
On March 22nd 2018 we celebrate the 25th anniversary of World Water Day, established by the United Nations to raise awareness about a responsible use of water resources and the...
On March 15th, the Youth for Peace of the Community of Sant’Egidio invited me to give a speech in front of university students and professors willing to learn more about...
On March 6th, Italy celebrated the first National Day of the Righteous of Humanity “to honour the men and women who have helped the victims of persecutions and defended human rights...
Doaa, Nadine, Fatema, Caroline, Fatimata, Salima, Jhuma. These are just some of the women I have met during MOAS’ missions since its inception in 2014. In some cases I remember only...
On February 15th the International Organisation for Migration issued a press release to announce the publication, in conjunction with UNICEF, UNHCR, Eurostat and OECD, of a document addressing the need...