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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.

 
Borgo Mezzanone, the“Pista” ghetto
Italy

Migrants and refugees on the margins of society

Report 8 Feb 2018
 
Return of a rescue on the RHIB 1
Mediterranean migration

Medical care for refugees and migrants along Central Mediterranean route

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2018
 
99 Survivors Rescued Sinking in Mediterranean Sea - Many Presumed Drowned
Mediterranean migration

99 survivors rescued from sinking dinghy but many presumed drowned

Press Release 28 Jan 2018
 
Tondo project in Philippines
Photo Story

A year in pictures 2017

18 Dec 2017
Photo Story
 
Detention Centres - Tripoli, Libya
Libya

When France becomes accomplice to the very crimes it condemns

Opinion 30 Nov 2017
 
France

MSF opens day centre for unaccompanied minors in Paris

Press Release 28 Nov 2017
 
The Crossing 01
Photo Story

"The Crossing", night portraits on the rescue boat Prudence

15 Nov 2017
Photo Story
 
First rescue seen from rhib 2
Mediterranean migration

Nearly 600 people rescued but unknown number missing presumed drowned

Project Update 3 Nov 2017
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