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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All survivors disembarked to safety after illegal delay at Catania port
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Over 500 survivors on board the Geo Barents urgently need a port of safety
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Malta instructs rescue ship to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in Europe
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Fear, beatings and forced returns for people seeking safety on Greek island of Samos
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High risk of more deaths in the Mediterranean over lack of search and rescue operations
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Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea
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European policies on Mediterranean migration continue to cause suffering
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At least 30 people feared dead after tragic rescue in the central Mediterranean
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MSF statement on being summoned to preliminary hearing in Trapani court
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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