
Mediterranean migration
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 has worked in search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean Sea, most recently in partnership with Sea-Watch onboard the search and rescue vessel, Sea-Watch 4. We currently provide assistance to people in Libyan detention centres and those arriving in Europe.

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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.

Libya: One dead and two injured in shooting in Tripoli detention centre

“What Europe is experiencing today, is not a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of humanity.”

Carnage in the Mediterranean is the direct result of European state policies

“The survivors share the memory of the big wave that threw them into the water”

Lives on the line as legal appeal lodged to free the Sea-Watch 4

Five things to know about the Mediterranean search and rescue crisis

European policies of deterrence and containment degrade human life

Detainment of fifth search and rescue ship in five months condemns people to die at sea

“Enough is enough”: Time to stop the cycle of suffering for refugees on Greek islands
Research and analysis

The Aquarius Aquarium

European governments are obstructing lifesaving rescues and returning people to unsafe Libya

Medical care for refugees and migrants along Central Mediterranean route

99 survivors rescued from sinking dinghy but many presumed drowned

MSF continues to provide medical care to migrants and refugees detained in Tripoli

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

10 things you need to know about the Mediterranean crisis

MSF assists in rescue of 3,000 people in a single day

22 people die at sea, 209 more are rescued
