Press Releases

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  02/10/2018

  Indonesia: hundreds dead after earthquake and tsunami. Malteser International deploys response team

  Organization	Malteser International
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	01/10/2018

  Rome 1 October 2018 – An emergency response team of the Order of Malta’s worldwide relief agency, Malteser International, is ready to leave for Indonesia to help the victims of last Friday’s violent earthquake and tsunami. The decision follows the Indonesian government’s appeal for international aid to deal with the aftermath of the disaster. Malteser […]

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  27/07/2018

  On world day against human trafficking the Order of Malta calls for increasing joint efforts

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	27/07/2018

  Rome 27 July 2018 – On the World Day Against Human Trafficking, 30 July 2018, the Sovereign Order of Malta appeals to governments and civil society, including business, to take measures to prevent and end human trafficking, while protecting and assisting victims and survivors. Human trafficking is a tragic form of contemporary slavery, which constitutes […]

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  22/06/2018

  Pope Francis receives the Grand Master in Audience: “Go ahead with courage, you express spirituality through your works”

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	22/06/2018

  Rome 22 June 2018 – Pope Francis received the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, in audience today in the Vatican. During the meeting, the Grand Master illustrated the Order of Malta’s main activities in the humanitarian and diplomatic sectors last year. These included the […]

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  18/06/2018

  Aquarius Migrants, Order of Malta’s Medical Team on Dattilo: “In their eyes the hope for a better future”

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/06/2018

  Yesterday morning, Maria Rita Agliozzo and Marika Giustiniani, health professionals with the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps, disembarked from the ship Dattilo in the port of Valencia. Last Tuesday they had embarked on the Coast Guard ship in Pozzallo to assist the 629 migrants arriving from the Libyan coast and saved at sea by […]

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  18/06/2018

  Malteser International calls for more humanity ahead of World Refugee Day

  Organization	Malteser International
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/06/2018

  Malteser International and the Order of Malta network provide help for refugees and displaced persons worldwide Cologne, 18 June 2018 – The number of refugees and displaced persons around the world continues to increase every year. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates there are now almost 70 million people forcibly displaced across […]

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  12/06/2018

  Order of Malta’s Medical Team on the Ship Dattilo to Assist Aquarius Migrants

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	12/06/2018

  Rome 12 June 2018 – A medical team of the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps has just now boarded the Coast Guard ship Dattilo to assist those migrants who will shortly be transferred from the Acquarius vessel. Dr. Maria Rita Agliozzo and nurse Marika Giustiniani will provide healthcare to migrants picked up by the […]

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  08/06/2018

  Guatemala Volcano Eruption: Order of Malta on site to provide medical assistance to victims and displaced persons

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	08/06/2018

  Rome 8 June 2018 – According to the latest information from the Guatemalan government, the death toll from last Sunday’s eruption of the Fuego volcano, 35 kilometres south-west of the capital of Guatemala, has risen to 109. Over 200 people are missing and hundreds more injured, some in very serious conditions. More than 12,000 have […]

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  29/05/2018

  “Migrants and Refugees” Conference in Rome Pope Francis’ Message and the Order of Malta’s Action

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	29/05/2018

  Rome 29 May 2018 – It was the touching testimony of Sister Angel Bipendu, doctor with the Order of Malta’s Italian Relief Corps, to open the conference “Migrants and Refugees: Pope Francis’ Message and the Order of Malta’s Action” held this morning in the Magistral Villa, one of the Order’s extra-territorial seats in Rome. The […]

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  18/05/2018

  Ebola emergency in DR Congo. Malteser International working to prevent the spreading of the disease

  Organization	SOVEREIGN ORDER OF MALTA
  Language	ENGLISH
  Date	18/05/2018

  On Thursday 17th May the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was detected in Mbandaka, a city of more than one million people, prompting fears from medical experts that the outbreak will be harder to deal with than anticipated. The Congolese Ministry of Health was able to confirm 25 deaths from Ebola […]

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