InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/14
Several humanitarian organizations have sent an appeal to Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese. They want her to immediately allow church charities to carry out five flights to evacuate vulnerable migrants from Libya to Italy.
In a letter released on January 12, several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have asked Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese to immediately grant permission to church charities to carry out five migrant evacuation flights from Libya to Italy.
The open letter was signed by sixteen organizations including Mediterranea Saving Humans, Alarm Phone and Baobab Experience as well as twenty migrant rights advocates. According to the signatories, Lamorgese s ministry has been working on the realization of a beautiful project for five evacuation flights from Libya to Italy for six months.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2020/12/22
The civil society-driven Humanitarian Corridors initiative has enabled 54 Syrian refugees to travel to Rome on Friday. This trip marks the end of the second mission of the initiative, which is implemented by different Italian churches.
On Friday (December 18), 54 Syrian refugees arrived at Fiumicino airport outside the Italian capital as part of the Humanitarian Corridors initiative.
Enacted through a protocol from the interior and foreign Italian ministries, Humanitarian Corridors is implemented by the Waldensian Church, the Community of Sant Egidio and the Federation of Evangelical Churches (FCEI).
The arrivals consist of families who had sought refuge in Lebanon, where they were staying in refugee camps. Among them are single mothers with children and vulnerable youths.