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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Place of safety needed for 356 people rescued in Central Mediterranean
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Europe must act now to end preventable deaths in Libya and at sea
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Libya shipwreck: “There are no words to describe their suffering”
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“A night in which our worst fears would come to pass”
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MSF resumes search and rescue operations with Ocean Viking
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MSF resumes search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya
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European policies continue to claim lives on the Mediterranean Sea
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More than medicine: A look at mental health needs in detention
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Trapped refugees must be released and granted safety from Tripoli fighting
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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