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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.

 
Migrant Route Augusta Italy 2014
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF calls on European Union to take its responsibility to stop putting migrants’ lives at risk

Press Release 11 Feb 2015
 
DIMITRIS JANNUSSIS, MSF DOCTOR
Greece

Testimonies from Syrian refugees and MSF staff

Voices from the Field 3 Dec 2014
 
Mediterranean migration

EU and Greece turn their backs on refugees arriving at Greek islands

Press Release 3 Dec 2014
 
Exodus - Mexico
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

EXODUS: Three stories, three continents, but a shared motivation – to escape violence

Voices from the Field 2 Dec 2014
 
Migrant Route Augusta Italy 2014
Italy

Government must not betray its commitment to continue saving refugees at sea

Press Release 17 Oct 2014
 
Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees mainly from Eritrea and Gambia land a few hours after being rescued from the sea.
Italy

Italy and the EU must not abandon refugees at sea

Press Release 1 Oct 2014
 
Project Update

EU member states must recognise human cost of repressive migration policies

Press Release 9 Oct 2013
 
Italy

Seeking Refuge, Finding Suffering

Report 3 May 2011
 
Malta

Not Criminals: MSF exposes conditions for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers in Maltese detention centres

Report 17 Nov 2010
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