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.
European leaders must urgently allow disembarkation of 104 survivors
Ocean Viking survivors to disembark in Lampedusa six days after the first survivors were rescued at sea
Greek and EU authorities deliberately neglecting people trapped on islands
We are humbled by their courage: Treating psychological trauma at sea
Ocean Viking rescue survivors finally offered place of safety
“He just kept running, despite the wound and the bleeding”
On board the Ocean Viking: “We feel humbled by their courage”
Research and analysis
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