World Humanitarian Day – Post rescue: exhausted children sleep, safely on board the MOAS Phoenix

Palestinian-Syrian boys Mohammed and Amar sleep on the decks of the MOAS rescue ship The Phoenix after being rescued
Palestinian-Syrian boys Mohammed and Amar sleep on the decks of the MOAS rescue ship The Phoenix after being rescued – Image © MOAS_EU/Jason Florio, 2015

 

Related links: MOAS Phoenix Boat Rescues

Remembering James – Happy Birthday!

We still miss you, James (1939-Sept 28th, 2011). We’ll raise a Julebrew, or two, in celebration.

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James & Beth, taking a bath – Mandina Balong, Makasutu Culture Forest, The Gambia, West Africa. Image © Jason Florio

 

 

Youtube: MOAS – Migrant Offshore Aid Station – remarkable rescue work in the Mediterranean Sea

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Youtube: Click here or on above image to view footage

 

Another taster of some of the remarkable work by MOAS‘ Phoenix crew (and various documentarians – through video and photography – including Jason Florio) – rescuing people in distress, from the Mediterranean Sea, as they endeavour to make the treacherous crossing, from Libya to Italy, on seriously overloaded fishing boats and dinghy’s,

Related links:

Youtube: Night Rescue of boat migrants from West Africa – footage © MOAS_EU/Jason Florio, 2015. All rights reserved.

Foreign Policy: ‘Rare photographs document the rescue of hundreds of migrants‘ all images © MOAS_EU/Jason Florio, 2015. All rights reserved.

Instagram: Early morning sun,Westside Highway, NYC

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Image © Helen Jones-Florio, Westside Highway, nyc, 2015

 

More images at Wordly Images (flickr) & floriotravels (Instagram)