Luxembourg has deployed a CGDIS rescue team and its emergency.lu satellite communications system to earthquake-hit Venezuela through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, as the death toll from twin 24 June quakes passes 1,430 with tens of thousands missing. The foreign ministry says 22 nationals registered in the country have not contacted consular services.
More than 900 people have died in twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on 24 June 2026, with rescuers still searching collapsed buildings days later. Luxembourg has joined the international response, dispatching a Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps team and its emergency.lu satellite communication system as part of a wider EU mobilisation.
Luxembourg joined the international relief effort for Venezuela on Friday evening, dispatching two Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps humanitarian specialists and its emergency.lu satellite-communications platform aboard a Luxembourg Air Rescue aircraft, within an EU Civil Protection Mechanism response involving eight member states.