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.
Conflict in Tripoli puts lives in danger, demonstrating that Libya is not a place of safety
Push-backs, violence and inadequate conditions at the Balkan route’s new frontier
Aquarius calls on European governments to assign place of safety after rescues on Mediterranean
MSF welcomes place of safety in Malta after rescues on Mediterranean
Aquarius returns to Central Mediterranean: humanitarian assistance at sea desperately needed
Confinement, violence and chaos: How a European refugee camp is traumatising people on Lesbos
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