Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conducts search and rescue activities on the Mediterranean Sea to support people in distress who are fleeing crises. We see people from all over the world taking this dangerous journey. While many people flee with only the clothes they have on, some manage to carry small objects with them […]
People on the migration route through the Darién Gap, the roadless region between Colombia and Panama, experience an intensified level of brutality and cruelty in attacks of sexual violence. In the last two months, teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have also recorded an exponential increase in the number of assaults, in what […]
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“I was not like this before, I knew how to cope with problems, but now I find it hard,” says Camila,* tears running down her face as she sits in a shelter for migrants in Matamoros, in Mexico’s Taumalipas state. Camila’s tears are just one sign of what she has been through in recent weeks. […]
Keiber migrated to Ecuador with his wife, where they had two children. Now the four of them are travelling to the United States. Keiber was interviewed at the temporary migration reception centre in Lajas Blancas, Panama, after having crossed the Darien Gap. “We left Valencia [in Venezuela] five years ago for Ecuador. I am 26 […]
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“Europe’s borders should not be gateways to suffering and violence.” “Amidst major global international shifts, such as conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine and climate change, it’s time for European policies that saves lives, not sacrifice them. The right to seek asylum, born from the atrocities of World War II, stands as a cornerstone of European […]
Latest facts (Updated June 19, 2023) • Out of the 108 million displaced people estimated by UNHCR, over 62.5 million are IDPs. • There are over 35.3 million refugees around the world. • There are approximately 5.4 million asylum seekers, people whose claim for refugee status has not yet been determined. • Lower-income nations host 76 per cent of the […]
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expresses its serious concerns on the continuous deterioration of the situation of migrants and refugees on the Greek Island of Lesbos, where there have been numerous and various allegations/reports of exposure to violence, such as alleged abductions and alleged pushbacks, detention and deprivation of food and shelter. MSF calls […]
Pregnant women from refugee communities in Malaysia have limited access to adequate maternal healthcare services, such as antenatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendants, emergency obstetric care, and family planning services, which results in the high rate of maternal mortality among refugees. According to a study by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees […]
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“The minute I was alone, they would have raped me.” Adanya, 34 years old, from Cameroon. “In Libya, I was sleeping under trucks and buses as I did not have any money.” Afia, 24 years old, from Ghana. “I know if I tell my mother I am in Libya, she will be crying every […]
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Cuts to the food rations received by around one million Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh, will increase their risk of malnutrition and have a serious impact on their health, says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Citing lack of funding, yesterday, the World Food Program (WFP) cut rations by 17 per cent, bringing the number […]