In Malakal, over 6,600 people have fled to shelter at UN base, while in Melut over 1,665 families have sought refuge since April. Press Release - 27 Apr 2015

South Africa

MSF teams respond to health needs of displaced people in South Africa following xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals

A medical team from Médecins Sans Frontières, (MSF) has been responding to the health needs of displaced people for nearly a week now since violent xenophobic attacks in the KwaZulu Natal (KZN) province. Press Release - 21 Apr 2015

On the morning of 26 August, the MY Phoenix, jointly operated by MSF and MOAS was asked to standby as the Swedish coast guard ship, Poseidon, rescued an estimated 450 people from a wooden boat. The MOAS crew handed out life jackets and the MSF medics were asked to assist directly on board as there were many critical cases. Dr Simon Bryant and nurse Mary-Jo Frawley went into the hull of the boat, where they were literally lifting people’s heads out of the water to check if they were alive. A critical patient suffering from suspected fuel inhalation was stabilized in the MSF clinic onboard the Phoenix and medevac'ed via helicopter for further treatment on land.
At that point a second wooden boat carrying 550 people appeared and the MOAS search and rescue team immediately commenced rescued operations. More than 415 people were brought on the MY Phoenix, bringing the boat to capacity the remained 125 people were taken on board the Poseidon. Whilst this rescue was still underway, a rubber dinghy with an estimated 100 people on board arrived on the scene. The MOAS crew transferred the men, women and children on board to an Italian naval vessel, which was also on the scene.
“ The deaths of these 52 people today show that search and rescue is just a bandaid. It is merely a temporary solution to Europe’s failures, and not even a truly effective one. Despite the increase in SAR efforts since late April, the death count still keeps mounting. The only way to actually put an end to these avoidable tragedies is to create safe and legal ways for people to migrate or seek asylum in Europe. People's desperation to flee and survive forces them into taking these dangerous boats, into the hands of people who profit from their willingness to risk it all in the search of safety of Europe. Today, just like yesterday, Europe’s policy makers have blood on their hands. It is time for a change, a radical rethink and we need it now” - Will Turner – MSF Emergency Coordinator on the MY Phoenix

Mediterranean migration

MSF calls for large scale search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean

Figures from a warzone in the Mediterranean: a mass grave created by European policies Press Release - 20 Apr 2015

Yemen

MSF receives 30 wounded after airstrikes on Huth

Calls on all parties to respect civilians and civilian structures Press Release - 16 Apr 2015

Kenya

Somali refugees must not be forcibly returned, says MSF

Calls by Kenyan officials to close Dadaab refugee camp, in northeastern Kenya, within three months and forcibly return its residents to Somalia would have dramatic and life-threatening consequences for hundreds of thousands of people, warns the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today. Press Release - 16 Apr 2015

Colombia

MSF provides mental health support to those affected by the attack in the Timba district, in the Cauca region

A mobile team from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is in the Timba district, in the municipality of Buenos Aires in the Cauca region of southwest Colombia, assisting the local population after a confrontation in which 10 soldiers died early on Wednesday morning. Press Release - 16 Apr 2015

Emergency intervention in Kouango (CAR).

Central African Republic

MSF starts an emergency intervention in Kouango amid ‘a terrible mix of violence, displacement and lack of basic healthcare’

While MSF teams in DRC took charge of the incoming refugees, an emergency team in CAR started an intervention focused on children, women and victims of violence in Kouango town and its surroundings. Press Release - 14 Apr 2015

Yemen

MSF plane carrying urgently needed medical supplies lands in Sana’a, more assistance needed

“But supply routes must stay open to allow more aid into the country.” Press Release - 13 Apr 2015

Mediterranean migration

MSF & MOAS to launch Mediterranean search, rescue and medical aid operation

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) announced today that they will launch a joint search, rescue and medical aid operation in the central Mediterranean between Africa and Europe. Press Release - 10 Apr 2015

Central African Republic

MSF suspends part of its activities in Kabo after an attack on its facilities

Two unidentified gunmen took advantage of the afternoon’s heavy rainfall to launch a violent attack on the MSF complex Press Release - 9 Apr 2015

Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria. Since the beginning of the project in 2016, the pediatric ward already treated more than 4.000 cases of complicated/severe form of malaria.

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Nomads of war - perpetual displacements of South Sudanese families in Upper Nile