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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.

 
October on board of Dignity I
Photo Story

October - A merciless month on the Mediterranean

4 Nov 2016
Photo Story
 
25 People Found Dead & 246 Rescued By MSF
Mediterranean migration

29 people found dead by MSF search and rescue ship Bourbon Argos

Press Release 26 Oct 2016
 
In Limbo - Journey's end in Athens, Greece
Greece

Vulnerable People Left Behind

Report 20 Oct 2016
 
MV Aquarius rescue 720 03 Oct 2016
Mediterranean migration

MSF rescued nearly 2,000 people in less than seven hours

Project Update 2 Oct 2016
 
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Reality Check: UN High-Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants

Report 19 Sep 2016
 
New arrival on Aquarius
Mediterranean migration

A very normal birth in dangerously abnormal conditions

Project Update 12 Sep 2016
 
Dignity rescue operation, 29 August
Mediterranean migration

MSF assists in rescue of 3,000 people in a single day

Press Release 30 Aug 2016
 
Journal article

Humanitarianism and the Migration Crisis

11 Aug 2016
Journal article
 
22 people lost their lives at sea and 209 rescued
Mediterranean migration

MSF doctor recounts finding deaths at sea

Voices from the Field 25 Jul 2016
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