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
A new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows that agreements made by the European Union with third countries to limit the arrival of refugees and migrants have made routes longer and more dangerous, leading to the deaths of thousands of people. In September 2015, the photo of a three-year-old boy, Alan Kurdi, … 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
Since the start of the year, tens of thousands of people have fled ongoing instability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), seeking refuge in neighbouring Burundi. In the south-east of the country, more than 17,000 refugees are currently living in Musenyi camp. Poor living conditions and limited access to healthcare have contributed … 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
“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
Faces of resilience is the collective story of four resilient women who rebuilt their lives in Greece after fleeing conflict, hardship, and displacement from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Iran. On World Refugee Day, these women refuse to be defined by labels like refugee or by the hardships they have faced. They see themselves as resilient, powerful individuals shaping … Read more
Paris, France– Since July 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reoriented its day centre for unaccompanied minors in Pantin, northeastern Paris, towards a programme exclusively dedicated to young girls. These teenage girls, who have filed appeals for recognition as minors, have been left without institutional protection despite their young age and extreme vulnerability. “This change … Read more
JERUSALEM – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that tens of thousands of displaced people in the northern West Bank, Palestine, are without proper shelter, essential services, and access to healthcare. Following the January 2025 ceasefire in Gaza, Israel launched the “Iron Wall” military operation in the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing thousands and leaving them … Read more