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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Testimony from Yazidi refugees in Katsikas Camp, Greece
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In 2016 who still counts as human?
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EU Migration Crisis Update - May 2016
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MSF resumes Search and Rescue activities in the central Mediterranean
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As a doctor, I feel outraged
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MSF ends activities inside the Lesvos hotspot
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EU Migration Crisis Update - March 2016
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Trapped at Europe's borders
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Why the EU’s deal with Turkey is no solution to the “crisis” affecting Europe
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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