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.

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

Appeal lodged against illegitimate detention of MSF rescue ship

Tales of women at sea

New decree obstructs lifesaving efforts at sea and will cause more deaths

All survivors disembarked to safety after illegal delay at Catania port

Over 500 survivors on board the Geo Barents urgently need a port of safety

Malta instructs rescue ship to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in Europe

Fear, beatings and forced returns for people seeking safety on Greek island of Samos
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
