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.
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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.
Spanish fishing boat blocked by EU authorities highlights search and rescue crisis
Over 80 refugees and migrants forcibly disembarked in Misrata after 10-day standoff
Sinister attacks by Italian authorities on lifesaving search and rescue in the Mediterranean
Italian government pressures Panama to stop Aquarius rescues on world's deadliest maritime route
Self-harm and attempted suicides increasing for child refugees in Lesbos
Refugee Libya shipwreck survivors condemned to drown at sea or face arbitrary detention
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