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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.

 
Ocean Viking - Rotation 5
Mediterranean migration

Refugees trapped in Libya: Nowhere to go but the sea

Voices from the Field 15 Jan 2020
 
Lesbos and Samos Oct2019
Greece

European leaders: Stop punishing asylum seekers on the Greek islands

Open Letter 27 Nov 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Rotation 4, Rescue 3
Mediterranean migration

Survivors disembark in Italy amidst deadly week in the Mediterranean

Press Release 25 Nov 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Rotation 3 - Rescue 3
Mediterranean migration

European leaders must urgently allow disembarkation of 104 survivors

Press Release 28 Oct 2019
 
Ocean Viking - Kubro, Rotation 2, Standby International Waters
Mediterranean migration

Ocean Viking survivors to disembark in Lampedusa six days after the first survivors were rescued at sea

Press Release 14 Sep 2019
 
Condition of migrants in Paris
France

Unaccompanied minors, symbols of a policy of mistreatment

Report 10 Sep 2019
 
Reception, medical and administrative center in Paris for unaccompanied minors
France

Rejected and traumatised: Unaccompanied minors arriving in France

Project Update 10 Sep 2019
 
Moria Camp
Greece

Greek and EU authorities deliberately neglecting people trapped on islands

Press Release 5 Sep 2019
 
Ocean Viking First Rescue - August 9
Mediterranean migration

We are humbled by their courage: Treating psychological trauma at sea

msf.org 27 Aug 2019
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