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.
Drowning skyrockets as European governments block humanitarian assistance on Central Mediterranean
European government policies condemn people to be locked up in Libya or drown at sea
Over 600 rescued people adrift in Europe’s political limbo
European governments must put people’s lives before politics
MSF urges immediate disembarkation of 629 people on board Aquarius at nearest port of safety
A healthy baby boy called Miracle born on the Aquarius
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