On March 22nd 2018 we celebrate the 25th anniversary of World Water Day, established by the United Nations to raise awareness about a responsible use of water resources and the…
On March 15th, the Youth for Peace of the Community of Sant’Egidio invited me to give a speech in front of university students and professors willing to learn more about…
On March 6th, Italy celebrated the first National Day of the Righteous of Humanity “to honour the men and women who have helped the victims of persecutions and defended human rights…
Doaa, Nadine, Fatema, Caroline, Fatimata, Salima, Jhuma. These are just some of the women I have met during MOAS’ missions since its inception in 2014. In some cases I remember…
On February 15th the International Organisation for Migration issued a press release to announce the publication, in conjunction with UNICEF, UNHCR, Eurostat and OECD, of a document addressing the need…
Last December during his apostolic visit to Southeast Asia, Pope Francis expressed his concern over violence against the stateless Muslim Rohingya minority, who have arrived in Bangladesh in huge numbers…
Last month a young engineer from Patna, the biggest town in the Bihar region of India, was kidnapped and forced at gunpoint to marry a woman he had never seen…
Since the very beginning of the Rohingya’s influx into Bangladesh, I have highlighted the importance of their status as stateless individuals. In the midst of an unprecedented migration crisis, priority…
A big rice bag, some pieces of wood and a rope: simple materials to support a cradle hanging from the roof, a cradle suspended like the life of the baby…
I have just come back from my latest stay in Bangladesh with our MOAS mission in Southeast Asia to help the Rohingya community, and I am struck by the atmosphere…