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 […]
On Thursday, October 20, 2022, an emergency team from the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) received an official alert about a group of people, newly arrived on the Greek island of Lesvos, in need of urgent medical care. When an MSF team arrived on site, they found three people […]
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More than 570 people, including 24 pregnant women, have received emergency medical and psychological first aid on 42 occasions over the past year by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) after arriving in small boats on the Greek island of Samos. All had travelled from Turkish waters, which is just a few kilometers away. Many had […]
The new Multi-Purpose Reception & Identification Centre (MPRIC) on Samos island is an escalation of European migration policies aimed at deterring people from coming and punishing those who make it. Not only is it dangerous, but also harmful to people’s physical and mental wellbeing, as detailed in Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)’s recent report […]
Read More… from Samos, Greece: Inauguration of new prison like camp
In a report released today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) once again calls on EU leaders to completely change their approach to migration and to stop intensifying their existing containment and deterrence policies, which are causing avoidable harm to the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants. “For more than five years, […]
Read More… from Greece: New MSF report shows scale of suffering caused by EU hotspot system
One month after the fires that destroyed Moria refugee camp, and despite public promises from EU Commissioners that there would be “no more Morias”, more than 7,500 people are still trapped in inhumane conditions in a newly built camp in Lesvos. Thousands more, including 7,000 children, continue to live in other undignified and unsafe camps […]
Read More… from Greek Islands: Call to end containment policies causing cycle of abuse
MSF strongly condemns the authorities’ failure to identify a solution to keep the isolation centre open when there is still a risk of COVID-19 spreading through nearby Moria reception centre, where more than 15,000 refugees are living in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions.
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Read More… from Greece: MSF forced to close COVID-19 centre in Lesbos
Two weeks before the fourth anniversary of the adoption of the EU-Turkey Statement, European leaders once again declared a crisis at Europe’s external border. On February 27, Turkish authorities announced that people would no longer be stopped from leaving Turkey to reach the European Union. As a response, the Greek Government introduced emergency measures […]
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In Moria camp, on the island of Lesvos, the Greek government is deliberately depriving at least 140 children with chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases of adequate medical care. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the Greek government to act on these grave medical concerns and evacuate all severely ill children to the […]
Read More… from Lesvos: Greece denies healthcare to children n Moria camp