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Our team starts work in Libya

14 September 2023

After a difficult journey they are already in the city of Derna. After being placed under the orders of the Emergency Coordination Center, the search and rescue work began in the assigned worksite, in difficult conditions to find survivors.

The team is prepared with material for surface water rescue as well as for technical and canine search (the latter with the collaboration of Casaga‘s colleagues).


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