Author Archives: Frédéric Penard

Frédéric Penard is a humanitarian worker who has been engaged with various international NGOs around the world for the past 20 years. He is now the Director of Operations of the European Search and Rescue organization SOS MEDITERRANEE. Frédéric Penard was on board the Aquarius in June 2018, experiencing the first of many standoffs that have unfolded in the central Mediterranean since.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International, Real News Daily Reports

Over 100 Killed in Another Mediterannean Shipwreck as Europe Watches

by Frédéric Penard

Frédéric Penard discusses the efforts of small NGOs to rescue refugees crossing the Mediterranean, against the efforts of European governments to block the entry of people fleeing war and famine Story Transcript GREG WILPERT Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. A ship with about 250 refugees from sub-Saharan Africa sank […]