Closing safe and legal options for people to reach Europe pushes them further into people smugglers' networks. In Libya, the detention of migrants and refugees is a thriving enterprise of kidnapping and extortion.
MSF is saving the lives of people trying to cross the central Mediterranean Sea with our own search and rescue vessel, Geo Barents. We also provide assistance to people held in Libyan detention centres and those arriving in Europe.

Webclip - 3 Things to Know: Impact of Migration Policies
3 things to know - the impact of migration policies
The EU's migration policies are having a direct impact across the Mediterranean Sea, while people are trying to flee dangerous conditions in Libya. Here are three ways that the EU's policies on migration impact on the lives of people trying to seek safety.

“No one came to our rescue”: The human costs of European migration policies in the Central Mediterranean

EU member states must reverse deadly inaction on Central Mediterranean migration

In plain sight: the human cost of migration policies and violent practices at Greek sea borders

Asylum seekers in Greece report being beaten, strip-searched and sent back to sea

MSF statement in response to the EU “Crisis Regulation”

European Commission must scrutinise Italian law restricting rescues at sea

EU migration policies are once again killing people as they search for safety

The EU must not be complicit in the loss of lives at sea and in rights violations at Europe’s borders

EU leaders continue to push through deadly policies for migrants
Research and analysis

Left to Drown in the Southern European Border: One year of Geo Barents at sea

Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border

The Aquarius Aquarium

One year after the EU-Turkey deal: migrants and asylum seekers are paying the price with their health
