In Italy, we are working to support migrants and people on the move in several areas, in collaboration with local health authorities. We offer medical and psychological care to migrants and support local organisations who supply them with essential items.
Our activities in 2025 in Italy
Data and information from the International Activity Report 2025.
33
33
€2.7 M
2.7M
1999
1999
MSF in Italy in 2025
In Italy, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provides medical and psychological care to migrants arriving by sea, many of whom are undocumented and have suffered extreme violence during their journeys.
5,680
5,68
2,060
2,06
280
28
Mediterranean migration
EU member states must reverse deadly inaction on Central Mediterranean migration
Press Release
22 Nov 2023
![Maïté*, 20-year-old woman from Guinea Conakry
“I left Guinea Conakry four years ago. After both my parents died, I was living with my aunt. When I was 15 years old, she told me it was time for me to get married and she chose a husband for me. My husband used to beat me every day. He was violent and I ended up in hospital many times. Four years have passed and I still have the scars on my body.
I could not live that way, so I decided to escape from that life. I left when I was 16 years old, alone. I went through Mali and then Algeria. It took me at least two months to cross the desert. Most of the time we didn't have enough food or water.
On the journey from Mali to Algeria, [the smugglers] kept me in an abandoned building in the desert for two weeks. They wanted me to pay more money, but I had no one to call to ask for money. They threatened me, beat me and left me without food. Eventually they released me, but soon I ended up in another prison for at least a week.
When I finally managed to enter Algeria, [armed forces] sent me back towards Niger. After that, I managed to reach Algeria, but life was not at all easy and I decided to cross the desert from Algeria to Tunisia. You cross the desert to avoid the police. If they find you in Algeria they send you back to Niger, and if you are in Tunisia they send you back to Algeria, and you have to start walking again. I walked through the desert for almost a week, with five other people. We walked through the night and looked for a place to shelter in the early morning. We only had water and some biscuits with us. That's how I got to Tunisia.
I spent three years in Tunisia, working in restaurants, cleaning and trying to earn money to come to Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
The sea crossing was hard. There were 45 of us on an eight-metre-long boat. We spent two days at sea without food before a ship rescued us. They took us to Lampedusa. From Sicily I decided to continue the journey to France.
I travelled by train to Ventimiglia. I want to get to France and start studying. Without education you get nowhere and I want to do something good with my life.”](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/o1twmgg772862kkfvfv13b0y7d7r152v.jpg "Maïté*, 20-year-old woman from Guinea Conakry")
Italy
Denied Passage: The struggle of people stranded at the Italian-French border
Report
4 Aug 2023
Italy
People on the move face violence and pushbacks at Italian-French border
Press Release
4 Aug 2023
Mediterranean migration
MSF statement on being summoned to preliminary hearing in Trapani court
Statement
17 May 2022
Mediterranean migration
Seven people dead and 10 missing in shipwreck off Italian island
Press Release
2 Jul 2021
MSF job opportunities in Italy
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MSF Italy
Via Magenta 5
00185 Rome
Italy