ResQ-People Saving People is an Italian NGO with the aim of improving the lot of refugees and migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. It was formed in Milan and from an early stage aspired to support a rescue ship sailing off the Italian coast.[1][2][3]
Among the organisation's staff is Cecilia Strada.[4][5]
The organisation acquired the vessel Alan Kurdi (formerly the oceanographic vessel Professor Albrecht Penck) in July 2021 and renamed the ship Resq People; it began operating on rescue missions on 7 August 2021. That month, in one operation it brought 166 rescued people to Sicily.[6][7]
On its first mission, ResQ People rescued initially 85 people,[8] before docking at Syracuse with a total of 166 refugees aboard.[7] On 15 October 2021, ResQ People disembarked 58 rescued persons at Pozzallo at the end of its second mission.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Italian migrant rescue boat 'ResQ-People' project launched". www.infomigrants.net. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Una nave per salvare persone in mare" [A ship to save people in the sea.]. People (www.peoplepub.it). 2021. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "ResQ: Italy's humanitarian ship aimed at uniting all faiths ..." AgenSIR. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Chi è Cecilia Strada, la figlia di Gino Strada che salva vite in mare" [Who is Cecilia Strada, the daughter of Gino Strada, who saves lives at sea]. www.true-news.it. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Lizzy Davies (13 Aug 2021). "'Maestro of humanity': Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
Strada's daughter, Cecilia Strada, said on Facebook that she had not been with him when he died, as she was onboard a rescue ship for the NGO ResQ - People Saving People.
- ^ "June 2022 Update - Search and Rescue (SAR) operations in the Mediterranean and fundamental rights". fra.europa.eu. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ a b "ResQ People docks in Sicily with 166 migrants aboard". www.infomigrants.net. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "ONG ResQ People rescata a 85 migrantes en el Mediterraneo" [NGO ResQ People rescued 85 migrants in the Mediterranean]. www.dw.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "La nostra seconda missione" [Our second mission]. resq.it. October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.