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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.

 
Agnes: “I was beaten with bare hands, with sticks, with guns”
Mediterranean migration

"The only way you can leave is by sea"

Voices from the Field 11 Nov 2015
 
France

The Jungle in Calais

Project Update 27 Oct 2015
 
slovenia
Slovenia

People in transit in urgent need of assistance

Press Release 26 Oct 2015
 
Syria

Crisis Update - October 2015

Crisis Update 22 Oct 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

In Calais, inhuman treatment of exiles

Voices from the Field 21 Oct 2015
 
Childbirth on board of Dignity I
Mediterranean migration

Childbirth in the Mediterranean

Voices from the Field 20 Oct 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

Up to 3,000 people stranded at the border between Serbia and Croatia without shelter

Project Update 19 Oct 2015
 
Refugees In Bapska, Serbia
Mediterranean migration

“The determination of the refugees to reach their destination is shocking.”

Voices from the Field 15 Oct 2015
 
 MSF Mobile Clinics In Bapska, Serbia
Mediterranean migration

Thousands crossing the Balkans exposed to unnecessary suffering

Project Update 15 Oct 2015
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