The Italian authorities have finally assigned Taranto as a Place of Safety for the 459 survivors on #OceanViking. After 10 rescues, 8 days of wait, overwhelming medical conditions, extreme living conditions onboard; the right of the survivors to disembark will be soon respected.

The IMRF is proud to announce its winners of the IMRF Awards 2022: - Rosie Musters, Coastguard New Zealand - SAR Team R/V Ocean Viking, SOS Mediterranée - NSRI and its Survival Swimming Centre - Andrew Tate, RNLI - Hendrik Spanjer, Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz and KNRM

#OceanViking just evacuated 39 people, incl.1 woman & children from an unseaworthy fiberglass boat adrift in Maltese Search & Rescue Region following a distress call from Pilotes Volontaires #Colibri2 aircraft. 73 survivors are being taken care of by SOS MEDITERRANEE & IFRC teams onboard.

Vote for SAR Team R/V Ocean Viking from SOS Mediterraneé for this year's IMRF People's Choice Award. Voting closes 6 November. Vote here: international-maritime-rescue.org/news/voting-is…

"We urge EU members and associated states to respect maritime law, cooperate in the designation of a Place of Safety for the survivors on #OceanViking and end the suffering of hundreds of men, women and children." Read our joint press release with IFRC en.sosmediterranee.org/press/survivor…

"There are people physically & emotionally struggling because of their stay in #Libya. Nothing is happening, our situation is not evolving. Our moral is getting worse and worse." Onboard the #OceanViking, 234 survivors like Abdel* are stranded at sea for up to 12 days.

"It’s an obligation for States to provide a Place of Safety for ships that have been engaged in search and rescue operations and that carry survivors onboard." Nicola Stalla, SOS MEDITERRANEE search & rescue coordinator, calls on European states to end this prolonged blockade, now!

😢 Everyday is a day too much you are missed 💔 #313days of wrongful detention for Olivier 😢 Support #freeoliviervandecasteele #BELGIUM4OLIVIER 👇 Sign & share the petition for his immediate release bit.ly/3jm9Wq4 ✍️ #Thankyou #notatarget #oliviervandecasteele #28years

Omar* 23y-o, is among the 95 survivors recovering onboard #OceanViking. After almost 2years in Tripoli, he attempted to flee #Libya with a friend. Shortly before our team arrived, his friend & 3 other people fell overboard & couldn't be retrieved. Omar* recalls this tragic event.

.SOS MEDITERRANEE documents every step of each Search & Rescue operations in full transparency on a public website. Communication with authorities, observations & evidence from #OceanViking are logged within 48h + information on maritime law. Check it out 👉onboard.sosmediterranee.org

#OceanViking performed 3 rescues in less than 7h in Maltese Search & Rescue Region alerted by @alarmphone. The Search & Rescue operations were all closely coordinated by Italian maritime authorities. SOS MEDITERRANEE has been calling for such vital coordination efforts for years.

🛳️ Abdelfetah Mohamed è il nuovo presidente di SOS MEDITERRANEE ITA Per approfondire, leggi il comunicato 👇 sosmediterranee.it/comunicato-sta…

👏Delighted to announce that Ruth Faber, Ruth Watson and Charlotte Schneider have been elected as new members of the VOICE Board of Directors! Welcome on board! #VOICEGA2023

Aïcha Koraïchi est élue présidente de notre association. Son engagement dans la solidarité n’est pas nouveau. Avec plus de dix ans d’expérience humanitaire, elle succède au Dr Pierre Micheletti 👇bit.ly/3PDzInT

Nous dénonçons l'utilisation d'armes à sous munitions en Ukraine 🇺🇦 qui font courir des risques importants aux populations civiles.

Depuis avril, plus de 230 000 personnes se sont réfugiées au #Tchad 🇹🇩, fuyant les combats au Soudan. Nous sommes mobilisé.e.s pour fournir aux personnes touchées de l’eau potable, un accès à des sanitaires et des équipements de première nécessité 🔎 bit.ly/3D9uwR0 🔎

📣 Le 10 juillet nos équipes ont ouvert une clinique mobile dans le camp de réfugiés de Zabout, à l’est du #Tchad 🇹🇩 Dans cette région on estime que plus de 47 000 soudanai.se.s ont trouvé refuge (sur les 280 000 arrivé.e.s au Tchad) depuis le début du conflit.

Rodríguez Sánchez, A., Wucherpfennig, J., Rischke, R. et al. Search-and-rescue in the Central Mediterranean Route does not induce migration: Predictive modeling to answer causal queries in migration research. Sci Rep 13, 11014 (2023). nature.com/articles/s4159…

Nell'ambito del MED 23 - Rencontres méditerranéennes, il Papa (Pope Leo XIV) è a #Marsiglia con un messaggio chiaro: rendere omaggio ai migranti, in particolare a quelli scomparsi nel #Mediterraneo. Una delegazione di SOS MEDITERRANEE era presente a Notre Dame de la Garde per partecipare al suo omaggio

📣 Dans un quartier de #Paris, les distributions alimentaires sont interdites par l’État. Le droit à l'#alimentation est un droit fondamental que la France doit protéger et garantir POUR TOUTES ET TOUS. Interdire les distributions, c'est bafouer ce droit ! infomigrants.net/fr/post/52466/…