Over the last month, Florio has been working onboard the Phoenix – for MOAS (Migrant Offshore Rescue Station) boat – documenting the rescue of 1000’s of migrants, off the coast of Libya; migrants coming, predominantly, from West Africa, East Africa, and Syria. Seeing the images of all those people – all of whom areContinue reading “Looking back: Jason Florio photographers the migrant gold miners in South East Senegal”
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Friday Photo: Migrant workers in the gold mines of Senegal, West Africa © Jason Florio
Taken whilst on the ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea African odyssey‘, 2012-13, from the source of the river in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea-Conakry, to the mouth of the river, at the Atlantic Ocean, The Gambia – co-lead by Jason Florio and Helen Jones-Florio Check out Youtube footage: ‘River Gambia’ © Jason Florio & HelenContinue reading “Friday Photo: Migrant workers in the gold mines of Senegal, West Africa © Jason Florio”
The gift of ‘Silafando’ to Gambian village chiefs, Image West Africa
‘All the village chiefs we met, very kindly permitted our raggle-taggle, road-weary, team to turn up, unannounced, and pitch our small camp, each evening. To show our respect, as strangers, when approaching the village chief -the Alkalo – we used the age-old traditional protocol, called ‘silafando’ (which roughly translates as ‘a gift to you onContinue reading “The gift of ‘Silafando’ to Gambian village chiefs, Image West Africa”
Youtube: Night rescue of boat migrants, off the Libyan coast © MOAS_eu/Jason Florio
Published on May 9, 2015 © MOAS.EU / Jason Florio – All rights reserved Three migrant women intoxicated by fuel fumes are taken onto the merchant vessel Orient Green by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) search and rescue team. They were aboard a rubber dinghy carrying 104 migrants (predominantly Gambians, from West Africa) whoContinue reading “Youtube: Night rescue of boat migrants, off the Libyan coast © MOAS_eu/Jason Florio”
