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
By Juan Matías Gil, MSF Search and Rescue Representative “These kinds of tragedies are happening daily in the Mediterranean and at the European borders, right in front of everyone’s eyes. More and more people have been taking the sea to find refuge over the last few days and weeks, and several deadly shipwrecks have occurred, particularly along … Read more
Brussels, 13 July, 2023 – Five leading Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have submitted a complaint to the European Commission (EC) about Italian Law 15/2023 and the practice by Italian authorities of assigning ports distant from the area where the rescue took place, to disembark people from humanitarian search and rescue vessels. The NGOs submitting the complaint … Read more
In this summer season, SOS Mediterranee, MSF and Sea-Watch urgently call for the provision of European state-led search and rescue maritime assets in the central Mediterranean to prevent more deaths. Within five days, Geo Barents, a search and rescue ship operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and Ocean Viking a search and rescue ship chartered … Read more