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) Webclip - 3 Things to Know: Impact of Migration Policies (EN)](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/TR1/a/7/3/f/MSF286431.jpg)
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.
![Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/01oivew2623p56j64gqer04cs1du527i.jpg)
Migrants in Libya: “We were able to make their time in that horrible place slightly better.”
![Samos - March 2019 Samos - March 2019](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/354876q1u45525c4l77uksv238453178.jpg)
EU-Turkey deal continues cycle of containment and despair
![Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/73vm1j750o056ktvfr5pv4435a4aveoq.jpg)
MSF calls out French President Macron over hypocritical migration policies
![A place to stay - Passerelle project A place to stay - Passerelle project](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/63ma7280851o4gl6lnd0t3ehw3d0v3p5.jpg)
Nine countries and 7,000km; Asad’s journey from Somalia to Europe
![Rest before the new journey Rest before the new journey](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/52yx826a0t32nft5p618g78ade5p7i52.jpg)
Migrants trapped in relentless cycle of rejection on French-Spanish border
![Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/u4b8opbay8hug517xm40s837t2t1ggok.jpg)
Refugees returned to overcrowded Libyan detention centres
![MMR Vaccination in Chios, Greece MMR Vaccination in Chios, Greece](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/12v3t21l750ojv3601k7b5s8t333r3n3.jpg)
"Migration is not a crime. Saving lives is not a crime"
![Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya Condemned to drown at sea or be locked up in Libya](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/bxv5t6bulu6o21dd176414730eqdjlht.jpg)
Open letter to the UN on the fate of refugees trapped in dangerous Libya
![Aquarius: denouncing and activity Aquarius: denouncing and activity](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/fd0xm2068128w2qe44l641p0430na3hf.jpg)
Aquarius forced to end operations as Europe condemns people to drown
Research and analysis
![Rescue trainings - Rotation 4 Rescue trainings - Rotation 4](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/8ji70csc1k0m2c3s0pd6d64p5jk06017.jpg)
Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea
![Samos island Samos island](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/g84757lqd106f5bq0ax2s51en5byho4d.jpg)
Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
![Journey to Valencia Spain Journey to Valencia Spain](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/t3lw4at7l65y3a5n8a235mnp614301uq.jpg)
The Aquarius Aquarium
![Winter Living Conditions in Belgrade, Serbia Winter Living Conditions in Belgrade, Serbia](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/vd7n68qs11e0a3a352mtamv5qt2jq3gi.jpg)
One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health
![Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/21m002nh672d05viywhy6ubd20yx2wk4.jpg)