In the spring of 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) decided to join forces with French association Utopia 56 to take part in coastal patrols in the north of France. Since the start of these joint activities, the MSF team has met more than 1,800 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who were survivors of shipwrecks or … Read more
After 15 months of providing medical and humanitarian assistance, in support of local actors, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will conclude its medical operations in the Dodecanese islands by 31 October 2025. Since August 2024, MSF teams have provided essential primary healthcare and mental health support to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers – including families, survivors of violence, … Read more
Following the tightening of US immigration policy, Tapachula—a city on Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala—is now hosting thousands of stranded migrants and asylum seekers in increasingly precarious conditions. The migrants are unable to continue traveling north and desperate due to the complex bureaucratic procedures required to legalize their status. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without … Read more
Agrigento, Italy- Since July 2024, the MSF team working on the ‘People on the Move’ project has been supporting migrant minors in Agrigento, in Italian island Sicily which receives the majority of people crossing the deadly route of the Mediterranean Sea. The project is being carried out in collaboration with local health authorities. Many of … Read more
29 September, Tuesday, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Eight years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled a campaign of extreme targeted violence in Myanmar, a new report from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows a population caught in a protracted crisis, facing constant threats of violence, diminishing aid, and a profound lack of control over … Read more
MSF calls on governments in the region to shift away from harsh deterrence tactics and towards humane migration and protection policy. Mexico City, 12 August 2025—In its first six months in office, the current US Administration has implemented the most restrictive and dehumanizing migration policy seen in years, abandoning hundreds of thousands of people hoping … Read more
By Christina Psarra, MSF Executive Director in Greece The arrival in early July of more than 2,500 people seeking asylum on the island of Crete is a stark reminder that no policy of deterrence, nor threat of detention after reaching European soil, will stop people fleeing conflict-related violence or utter destitution in search of safety … Read more
“I’ve breastfed him throughout the entire migration route,” says María*, a 34-year-old Venezuelan mother traveling with her two children. Their journey began in Peru, where her youngest son was born two years ago, and continued through Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. Maria is now a patient at the Doctors Without … Read more
Arauca, Colombia- In Colombia’s northeastern department of Arauca, continuous migration from Venezuela, intensified armed conflict between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the Central General State (EMC), and emergency response from floods, have overwhelmed the local capacity since 2022. In 2024, Arauca was the third department in the country with the highest number … Read more
La Soledad, Mexico– “Since God was with me, I managed to escape,” says Mbala* from La Soledad, an informal migrant camp in the heart of Mexico City. Sitting with his back to one of the capital’s oldest churches, he recounts how only through occasional miracles has his family survived the journey from their home country … Read more