Since Brazil’s northern border with Venezuela was partially reopened back in July, an increasing number of migrants and asylum seekers have crossed the border to find themselves in the streets.
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Category: People on the move
Humanitarian needs persist on the border between Colombia and Venezuela
After three years of providing care, MSF is handing its projects over to Premiére Urgence Internationale and calling for a stronger aid response for thousands of families on the border.
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Kenya: Urgent solutions needed for refugees as camps close
With the deadline to close Kenya’s refugee camps just over six months away, urgency is mounting to find sustainable solutions for the refugees in the camps at Dadaab.
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Northwest Syria: The displaced population dreading another tough winter
Another winter season is approaching in northwest Syria, where over 2 million people, the majority of whom are women and children, remain internally displaced.
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Darién Gap, Panama: Violence continues in migrant journeys
MSF has now provided 30,000 medical consultations to the people in transit between Colombia and Panama.
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Geo Barents: 10 found dead and 186 rescued in Central Mediterranean
MSF search-and-rescue teams found 10 people dead yesterday on a wooden boat in the Central Mediterranean after 186 others were rescued within 24 hours.
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Geo Barents: almost 400 people rescued in less than two days
A firsthand account from on board of the MSF search and rescue vessell, Geo Barents.
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Hepatitis E cases in Sudan’s Tigray refugee camps highlights shortcomings of international humanitarian response
Cases of hepatitis E are spreading across camps in Gedaref and Kassala states, Eastern Sudan, infecting hundreds of refugees from Tigray and posing a risk to local Sudanese communities.
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Libya: Recurrent violence against refugees and migrants in Tripoli detention centres forces MSF to suspend activities
Following repeated incidents of violence towards refugees and migrants held in two detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli, international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it feels obliged to temporarily suspend its activities in Mabani and Abu Salim detention centres. “This is not an easy decision to make, […]
Search and rescue in Central Mediterranean: MSF urged to keep saving lives at Sea for the seventh consecutive year
MSF announces the relaunch of its search and rescue activities in the central Mediterranean to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya.
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