Humanitarian Corridors

Humanitarian Corridors is a partnership of European religious organisations, initially Italian ones, that sponsors refugees and helps them move to Europe. The partnership won the European Nansen Refugee Award in 2019.

For the demilitarized zone, see Humanitarian corridor.
Humanitarian Corridors
Formation2015
TypePartnership
HeadquartersItaly
Websitehttps://www.humanitariancorridor.org/

Membership

Initial members of the partnership were Sant’Egidio Community, Caritas Italiana, the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, the Waldensian Table, working with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior.[1] The partnership was later expanded to France.[2]

History

The organisation was formed in 2015[3] following the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck.[1]

As of 2020, the partnership had moved 2,700 refugees and displaced people from Lebanon, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Niger to Europe, with over 2,200 of those to going Italy.[4][2]

In 2019, the partnership was the European regional winner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Nansen Refugee Award.[1][5]

References
  1. "Life-saving programme offers safe path to Italy for refugees". UNHCR. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. Higgins, Claire (23 September 2019). "Corridors of hope: What one Italian 'lifeline' delivers | Kaldor Centre". www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. "Italian physiotherapist in Afghanistan wins UNHCR prize for Asia". InfoMigrants. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. "Humanitarian Corridors bring 54 Syrian refugees to Italy". InfoMigrants. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  5. Bordoni, Linda (2019-09-18). "2019 Nansen Refugee Award for Europe goes to Humanitarian Corridors - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
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