Here’s some footage of the Search and Rescue operations in September, when the ResQ People saved 96 people from two iron “boats” and brought the survivors safely to Trapani.
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Almost ready!
The ResQ People is preparing to set sail: after the maintenance period in the shipyard, we are making the final preparations necessary for departure these days, as head of mission […]
On the Balkan route: ResQ activities in Trieste
“When I was in Trieste, some Afghan boys told me that Italy was the first place where they had felt free and welcomed, where they had been able to catch […]
ResQ People saves 9 persons!
Yesterday, while sailing in the SAR area, we heard a jammed radio communication from a fishing vessel indicating to Lampedusa radio the location of a distress case. We started searching […]
ResQ People saves 96 persons!
On September 11th we set sail from Syracuse, Sicily, and headed South; while the ResQ People was navigating we put our RHIBs (the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats we use for […]
More than 6,300 students on board!
In school year 2022/2023, more than 6,300 students in Italy were reached by ResQ meetings (and over 9,000 with the previous year!): writing this leaves us almost incredulous. And yet […]
AFTER PYLOS: AN OPEN LETTER BY 180 ORGANISATIONS
Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum. Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations […]
RESQ OPENS A NEW PROJECT IN TRIESTE
“They arrive with nothing left on their feet, or so. Hungry, wounded, exhausted. Sometimes they are holding waybills and they have to figure out what they are. It is for […]
Filed a complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office
In the aftermath of the Cutro shipwreck – in which at least 94 people died, including at least 35 children – ResQ’s attorneys took action together with those of other […]