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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.

 
France

New site required urgently for refugees in Grande-Synthe

Press Release 6 Jan 2016
 
MSF Sicily screening arrival of rescued migrants, Pozzallo
Italy

MSF ends activities in Pozzallo reception centre

Press Release 30 Dec 2015
 
On board of the Dignity 1
Mediterranean migration

Interiew with Madeleine Habib - Captain of Dignity

Project Update 16 Dec 2015
 
Assistance at sea to refugee boats in distress
Mediterranean migration

MSF and Greenpeace launch life-saving operations in the Aegean Sea

Press Release 3 Dec 2015
 
Portrait of  Sayed From Afghanistan
Mediterranean migration

“I had no choice but to run“

Voices from the Field 26 Nov 2015
 
Syrian refugees in Serbia
Mediterranean migration

Hundreds stranded without aid as new border control measures come into force

Crisis Update 26 Nov 2015
 
Bourbon Argos: Search and Rescue Operations, November 2015
Mediterranean migration

“The crossing is more deadly and infinitely more miserable”

Voices from the Field 24 Nov 2015
 
Pozzallo Migrant Reception Centre
Mediterranean migration

Unacceptable conditions for migrants and asylum seekers in Pozzallo reception center, Italy

Press Release 20 Nov 2015
 
Phoenix rescue 02 Sept 2015
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12 Nov 2015
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