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From London to Iraq: A Nurse’s Perspective – Part Three

This is the third instalment in Mark's blog series. To see the previous entry, click here. Hi! My name’s Mark and I’m a British nurse who normally works in an Emergency Department in central London. I am currently on my…

Italy: The Makeshift Camps of San Ferdinando

The conditions are inhumane, shameful, degrading.

Italy: “No Photos Here. These People Are Not a Tourist Attraction”

We’re visiting the makeshift camps in the Rosarno area, Calabria, where migrants who come to the area annually to harvest oranges every year live.

Italy: J. Has a Deathly Gaze. You Can Read in Her Eyes the Dramatic Events She’s Endured

J. is one of the survivors of the shipwreck on 6 November, 30 miles off the Libyan coast.

Italy: ‘We Worked Day and Night to Give the Care They Needed’

In June, we witnessed the landing of over 2000 migrants at the port of Augusta.

Italy: “I’m Shocked by the Whirlwind of Emotions”

I've been in Augusta since Tuesday. I've witnessed the landing of 712 people.

Statement on Proposed Border Rules

Closing Italian ports to NGO rescue ships will be another obstacle to the safety of thousands of people.

Sicily: “They beat me in prison, and I was left there for three months.”

A newly-arrived refugee in Sicily describes the traumatic Mediterranean crossing.

Sicily: “You can not imagine,” he says, “you can not imagine what happened.”

An update from Sicily.

Rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

"In front of me, in the middle of the sea between Italy and Libya, were hundreds of youngsters. We rescued them one by one."