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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.

 
Samos, Greece
Mediterranean migration

MSF calls for immediate opening of 'hotspots'

Press Release 18 May 2016
 
Samos, Greece
European Union

Don't turn your back on Asylum: #TakePeopleIn

Open Letter 13 May 2016
 
Idomeni
Mediterranean migration

The mismanagement and poor planning Europe is demonstrating is beyond belief

Project Update 12 May 2016
 
Ioannina, Greece
Project Update

Testimony from Yazidi refugees in Katsikas Camp, Greece

Voices from the Field 12 May 2016
 
#safepassage action in Lesbos
Mediterranean migration

In 2016 who still counts as human?

Statement 12 May 2016
 
Moria Reception Centre in Lesbos, Greece
Mediterranean migration

EU Migration Crisis Update - May 2016

Crisis Update 6 May 2016
 
MSF first rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016
Mediterranean migration

MSF resumes Search and Rescue activities in the central Mediterranean

Press Release 24 Apr 2016
 
Moria Reception Centre in Lesbos, Greece
Greece

As a doctor, I feel outraged

Voices from the Field 15 Apr 2016
 
Moria Reception Centre in Lesbos, Greece
Greece

MSF ends activities inside the Lesvos hotspot

Press Release 22 Mar 2016
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