Appeal to Humanity
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...
14 May 2018
13 May 2018
My wishes on Mother’s Day
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...
09 May 2018
Rohingya women, a major target of violence both at sea and on land
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...
08 Mar 2018
Let’s celebrate Women’s resilience and bravery
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...
28 Feb 2018
Children’s imagination as a remedy for the brutality of war
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...
11 Jan 2018
Peace is everybody’s right, and migrants are valid resources for our shared society
“On International Migrants Day, we recognize the contributions and celebrate the vitality of the world’s 258 million migrants.” This is how Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, opened...
11 Dec 2017
The presence of God today is called Rohingya
Pope Francis ended with these words his long-awaited tour in South-East Asia where he visited Myanmar and Bangladesh, two countries at the very core of what is, according to the...
04 Dec 2017
Bangladesh and the fragile balance between the Rohingya emergency and humanitarian assistance
Bangladesh is a lower middle income country with high rates of endemic poverty, malnutrition and food insecurity. The area became independent after the end of British colonial rule in 1947,...
28 Nov 2017
The miracle of Life in our MOAS Aid Station in Shamlapur, Bangladesh
In less than one month it will be Christmas, when we will celebrate the miracle of life through Jesus who was born to spread a message of universal peace and...
19 Oct 2017
Human Flow: when art becomes a way to safeguard human rights
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other. (Neal Cassady) These words came to my mind while watching...