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.
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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.
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YEAR AT A GLANCE: In 2017, #Aquarius rescued 15,078 people in 112 different rescue or transfer operations. Among th… https://t.co/IHmKGThx6X
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A year in pictures 2017
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When France becomes accomplice to the very crimes it condemns
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MSF opens day centre for unaccompanied minors in Paris
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"The Crossing", night portraits on the rescue boat Prudence
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Nearly 600 people rescued but unknown number missing presumed drowned
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MSF ends mission of search and rescue boat Prudence
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5 Reasons not to block migrants & refugees in Libya
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Human Suffering: Inside Libya's migrant detention centres
Research and analysis
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Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea
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Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
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The Aquarius Aquarium
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One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health
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