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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EU states use COVID-19 to shirk search and rescue obligations as MSF ends Ocean Viking partnership
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Evacuation of squalid Greek camps more urgent than ever over COVID-19 fears
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Greece, the ‘shield’ of Europe, and EU leaders push migrants into danger
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EU must address migration emergency as Greek islands reach breaking point
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Ocean Viking arbitrarily quarantined by Italian authorities over COVID-19 fears
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Left out in the cold: MSF provides emergency beds for teenage migrants
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Refugees trapped in Libya: Nowhere to go but the sea
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European leaders: Stop punishing asylum seekers on the Greek islands
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Survivors disembark in Italy amidst deadly week in the Mediterranean
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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