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Mediterranean Sea: MSF relaunches search and rescue operations

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces the relaunch of our lifesaving search and rescue (SAR) activities on the Mediterranean Sea. This comes almost a year after we were forced to terminate operations with our last rescue vessel, the Geo Barents.  Our new rescue vessel Oyvon, which means “hope for the island” in Norwegian, has been refitted and equipped to conduct SAR operations on one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. Oyvon was previously operated as an ambulance vessel in Norway.  […]

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MSF ends operation of Geo Barents search and rescue vessel with commitment to return to Central Mediterranean Sea

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it has ceased operations on board its rescue vessel, Geo Barents, which had been operational since June 2021. Italian laws and policies have made it impossible to continue with the current operational model. MSF will begin a process to evaluate the best operational model for this […]

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Geo Barents: MSF rescue ship issued a detention order for 60 days in Italy

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On August 26, 2024, the Italian authorities have issued a 60-day detention order to the Geo Barents, a search and rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for alleged violations of maritime safety regulations. “We have been sanctioned for simply fulfilling our legal duty to save lives.” Juan Matias Gil, MSF SAR […]

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