Mediterranean Hope Newsletter – November 2020

Dismay at Deaths in the Mediterranean

Rome (NEV), 13th November 2020 – Can people get accustomed to deaths in the Mediterranean?  Can a child aged only a few months lose his life amidst political indifference? Paolo Naso, coordinator of Mediterranean Hope, migrant and refugee programme of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy, [and Global Ministries Board member], is “outraged”. And states: “Coordinated search and rescue (SAR) in the Mediterranean is more urgent than ever.  Read more…

Calabria: rapid testing for the most vulnerable

Rome (NEV), 2nd November 2020 – Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) together with Mediterranean Hope, refugee and migrant programme of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI), will in the next few days be launching an extraordinary medical project in Piana di Gioia Tauro to combat Covid 19.  The project will be carried out with the support of the Rosarno local authority. Read more…

Etika supply chain for oranges resumes

A project operated by the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI) using fairly traded products from the SOS Rosarno campaign which guarantees the rights of workers, migrants or otherwise, in Piana di Gioia Tauro. And German Protestant churches from Westphalia have already ordered 18 tons of oranges. Read more…

Deaths at sea and humanitarian ships at anchor

Whilst they keep discussing in the chambers of power and incomprehensible restrictions are placed on sea rescue, thousands of people who could be rescued are instead dying.  Unacceptable. He was called Youssef and he was six years old.  He was the umpteenth victim of irregular migration managed by unscrupulous people-smugglers who transport men, women and children on dilapidated and unfit boats with the aim of getting as far as possible from the Libyan coast.  Read more…