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Mediterranean migration

Every year, thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty at home attempt the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean. Countless lives are lost on the way.

Closing safe and legal options for people to reach Europe pushes them further into people smugglers' networks. In Libya, the detention of migrants and refugees is a thriving enterprise of kidnapping and extortion.

MSF is saving the lives of people trying to cross the central Mediterranean Sea with our own search and rescue vessel, Geo Barents. We also provide assistance to people held in Libyan detention centres and those arriving in Europe.

Webclip - 3 Things to Know: Impact of Migration Policies (EN)
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Webclip - 3 Things to Know: Impact of Migration Policies

3 things to know - the impact of migration policies

The EU's migration policies are having a direct impact across the Mediterranean Sea, while people are trying to flee dangerous conditions in Libya. Here are three ways that the EU's policies on migration impact on the lives of people trying to seek safety.

 
Mediterranean migration

Alhassane Zaharia from Benin

Voices from the Field 15 Oct 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

Beyond the rescue: saving a life means preserving a story

Project Update 15 Oct 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

Dignity in the Mediterranean

Voices from the Field 15 Oct 2015
 
Greece

MSF teams help create a transit camp for refugees arriving to Idomeni

Project Update 26 Sep 2015
 
Phoenix' 8th rescue operation
Mediterranean migration

MSF will no longer provide emergency medical assistance and post-rescue care on the MY Phoenix

Press Release 23 Sep 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

People not numbers: a message from the Bourbon Argos

Project Update 23 Sep 2015
 
France

MSF helping 3,500 people stuck in Calais 'Jungle'

Project Update 23 Sep 2015
 
Refugee children of Kos
Mediterranean migration

“When the war is over, I want to return to my Syria – it was the best life ever”

Voices from the Field 18 Sep 2015
 
Adnan
Mediterranean migration

"There was no other choice but to leave Syria."

Voices from the Field 18 Sep 2015
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