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, Oyvon. We also provide assistance to people arriving in Europe.
Webclip - 3 Things to Know: Impact of Migration Policies
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.
MSF teams help create a transit camp for refugees arriving to Idomeni
MSF will no longer provide emergency medical assistance and post-rescue care on the MY Phoenix
People not numbers: a message from the Bourbon Argos
“When the war is over, I want to return to my Syria – it was the best life ever”
"There was no other choice but to leave Syria."
“Refugees sleeping on the streets of Kos tell me, ‘At home we had war, but at least we had dignity’”
MSF team providing psychological support and medical care to survivors of shipwreck off Farmakonisi island
Research and analysis
Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea
One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health