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.

All people in Moria camp must be evacuated to safety in wake of destructive fire

Sea-Watch 4 is allocated a port of safety 11 days after first rescue

MSF and Sea-Watch announce collaboration to save lives at sea

Libya: “They were shot and killed as they fled arbitrary detention”

Escaping first Libya, and then coronavirus in Germany

EU states use COVID-19 to shirk search and rescue obligations as MSF ends Ocean Viking partnership

Evacuation of squalid Greek camps more urgent than ever over COVID-19 fears

Greece, the ‘shield’ of Europe, and EU leaders push migrants into danger

EU must address migration emergency as Greek islands reach breaking point
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
