With 40 people still trapped in limbo in the Central Mediterranean, MOAS calls on European governments to urgently agree and implement a coordinated, long-term strategy for disembarking and relocating migrants and asylum seekers. 40 people – reportedly from Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, Mali and Nigeria – left...
MOAS raises serious concerns over the funding of essential services for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and its consequences during the monsoon season. The Joint Response Plan (JRP) for 2018 requested around 951 million US Dollars to fund everything from food security to flood protection. However, according...
I am deeply saddened by the recent news of a woman who barely survived, after clinging to the wreckage of a destroyed migrant boat off the Libyan coast. Another woman and a toddler, aged between three and five, were not so lucky and perished out...
MOAS joined a mobilization of European Solidarity on the 27th June, direct from Republic Street, Valletta. The call to action drew in support from over 2200 organisations and individuals, in more than 60 public squares all over Europe, MOAS joined them in unison, on the street and...
MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) has announced it has successfully completed its observation mission in the Andaman Sea in order to monitor maritime developments in the Rohingya refugee crisis. The mission was launched on April 3rd in response to confirmed reports of Rohingya attempting to flee Myanmar by sea in unsafe vessels. The MOAS...
MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) has successfully concluded the second week of its observation mission in the Andaman Sea, where M/Y Phoenix is monitoring maritime developments in the Rohingya refugee crisis. Having departed Sri Lanka on April 23rd, M/Y Phoenix has now covered 1,643 nautical miles...
MOAS (Migrant Offshore Aid Station) is deploying Search and Rescue (SAR) vessel MY Phoenix to the Andaman Sea to conduct a one-month observation mission. This mission is being launched in response to the ongoing Rohingya crisis, following reports that refugees are attempting to flee Myanmar...
“It was night when the military entered my village. I was at home when they started searching for people, particularly young girls. When they found them, they raped them. They also kidnapped people, some were beaten up badly and others shot and killed. It was...
https://vimeo.com/242275058 Just one month after inaugurating our first Aid Station in Shamlapur, Bangladesh, MOAS is proud to announce the opening of the second, based in Unchiprang. These results mark the first time the organisation is focusing its humanitarian efforts on land. The centre will provide much-needed medical care...
On 14th October 2017, MOAS inaugurated its first Aid Station in Shamlapur, Bangladesh, marking the first time the organisation is focusing its humanitarian efforts on land. The centre will provide much-needed medical care to Rohingya refugee and Bangladeshi host communities alike, particularly to pregnant women,...