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Joint humanitarian initiative by Open Arms and World Central Kitchen

The vessel Open Arms, collaborating with World Central Kitchen—an organization founded by Chef José Andrés, has been stationed in Cyprus since last Friday, equipped with tons of food and water.

Open Arms rescues 115 people in the central Mediterranean on the Xmas mission

Open Arms turns 8 years old and we want to continue saving lives with you

20-day blockade and sanction on open arms after disembarking 195 rescued people at italian port

20-day blockade and sanction on open arms after disembarking 195 rescued people at italian port

Open Arms assists nearly a thousand people in the midst of a humanitarian emergency in the central Mediterranean

Open Arms Mission 101 ends with 299 people rescued

Open Arms prepares for a new mission in the Central Mediterranean

117 people rescued and hundreds of others helped in Open Arms' Mission 100.

The Open Arms ship is already back in the Central Mediterranean for Mission 101

Oscar Camps testifies in new hearing in the proceedings against Salvini

Oscar Camps recounts the harsh conditions experienced by the people on board Open Arms during Mission 65

Mission 100 on board Open Arms returns to the Central Mediterranean

The Open Arms boat returns to the Central Mediterranean

Girona FC joins the Open Arms mission

Girona FC’s first team will wear our organisation's logo on their shirts

Charity T-shirt Launch: “Samanté! Andreu Buenafuente x Open Arms”

Andreu Buenafuente joins us on our mission with an exclusive charity T-shirt

More than 1,300 people visit Astral in the Balearic Islands

After more than two weeks in the Balearic Islands on a mission of education and awareness in the Balearic ports, Astral has returned to the port of Badalona to prepare its next humanitarian mission.

First Humanitarian Flight on the Syrian Earthquake Emergency

We went to the refugee camp in Jinderes, where thousands of homeless people are living, and delivered basic necessities to 500 families.

Namaka' dedicates a special issue to migration, Human Rights and Empathy

The children's magazine has counted on a special collaboration with Open Arms

Help us save lives in the area hardest hit by the Syrian earthquake

Faced with the emergency caused by the earthquakes that have deeply affected Turkey and Syria, a team from Open Arms and SAR Navarra went to northwestern Syria.

Open Arms launches "Humans being Humans"

With Humans being humans we aim to connect with the innate essence of people. We appeal to empathy, affection, and the need to defend lives in danger.

Solidarity Day in Madrid on International Migrants Day

Last December 18th we disembarked in Madrid to commemorate the International Day of Migrants with a Day of Solidarity that we will not forget in the wonderful Espacio Rastro Madrid.

We present in Madrid "Cuentos a la Deriva" with Rozalén

We will have the participation of Rozalén, a very committed artist who will become a storyteller for a day, and the photojournalist Juan Medina, who specialised in migrations, and has witnessed many of these rescues. The event will be at the SGAE building in Madrid (C/Fernando VI, 4) at 7 p.m. You are all invited!

We commemorate the death of little Joseph with his mother

Today, 2 years after that tragic day, we commemorate, together with his mother Hajay, his life and the lives of the thousands of people who continue to cross the Mediterranean in search of a better life. The private ceremony will take place at the Lampedusa cemetery.

Open Arms launches 'No mires para otro lado'

'The Napalm Girl' aboard Open Arms 10th humanitarian flight

Kim Phuc Phan Thi on board with 236 refugees on the 10th Open Arms humanitarian flight from Warsaw to Regina, Canada.

Open Arms Uno official presentation: the humanitarian ship

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the official presentation of the Open Arms Uno took place in the Port of Barcelona with an unprecedented show on board, performed by La Fura dels Baus.

The “Open Arms Uno” arrives at Barcelona

The new Open Arms flagship arrives at its base port before it leaves for its mission in the Mediterranian Sea.

We continue in Ukraine and return to the Mediterranean

By land, sea and air to the humanitarian emergency in Ukraine and the Central Mediterranean

Three humanitarian flights #UkranianEmergency

New flagship

The ship “Open Arms Uno” joins our rescue assets in the Central Mediterranean.

Awareness campaign ‘Every Life Counts’

The voice of Spanish actress Úrsula Corberó explains in just 25 seconds the pain, desperation and silence faced by hundreds of people in search of a better future.

New Humanitarian Corridor: #UkranianEmergency

First humanitarian corridor organized by Open Arms.

We return to the Mediterranean

Open Arms, the flagship of our ONG, has sailed again from the port of Burriana leading to the central Mediterranean.

‘Mediterráneo’ the film based on the begginings of Open Arms

On October 1, 'Mediterráneo', the fiction film based on the beginnings of Open Arms, opens in theaters.

Second humanitarian flight: food for Mozambique

Open Arms and Solidaire send humanitarian assistance to Mozambique due to the severe crisis that the country is experiencing.

First flight with humanitarian aid to India

Vicente Ferrer Foundation and Open Arms medical supplies in response to COVID-19 arrived at Bathalapalli Hospital in India.

The preliminary hearing against Salvini

Judge of Palermo to defer preliminary hearing against former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini to March 20.