Project for Somali refugees in Ethiopia handed over

MSF has handed over one of its largest projects for Somali refugees in Ethiopia. The number of refugees crossing the border has significantly gone down since the large humanitarian crisis of 2011. MSF initiated the project in the Hiloweyn camp, one of the five refugee camps near to the border between Ethiopia and Somalia, in August 2011, at the height of the crisis. Project Update - 24 May 2012

Mauritania

Nearly one thousand Malian refugees pour into the Mbera camp every day

Since late January, some 57,000 Malians have entered the Mbera refugee camp in Mauritania. Refugee numbers are steadily increasing, from 200 arrivals on April 5 to 1,500 a day. In response to this massive influx, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is bolstering its activities and emergency medical aid in this desert area, where access to medical care is extremely limited. Press Release - 19 Apr 2012

Somali refugee camps in Liben region near Dolo Ado, Ethiopia September 2011.

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Assisting the Somali population affected by the humanitarian crisis of 2011

This report provides an overview of MSF activities in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia, both of which received large numbers of Somali refugees in 2011. The data presented, though provisional, account for MSF’s medical activities, financial income and expenditures. The narrative sketches how MSF as a medical aid organisation responded to this evolving crisis. Report - 29 Mar 2012

South Sudan

Window of opportunity closing fast to provide assistance to 80,000 Sudanese refugees from Blue Nile state

Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in South Sudan urgently need humanitarian aid to be scaled up in a short window of opportunity that is rapidly closing before the rainy season starts. In the camps at Doro and Jamam, only an emergency approach to provide urgently needed aid can still ensure the health and dignity of refugees seeking shelter from violence. Press Release - 14 Mar 2012

Greece

Migrants suffer in border police stations amid recent extreme weather conditions

The constant arrival of migrants in Greece’s Evros region, coupled with the extreme weather conditions of the past few weeks, has been putting pressure on the already fragile system for receiving migrants in the border police stations of Soufli, Tychero and Feres and the detention centre of Filakio. Project Update - 28 Feb 2012

Kenya

Dadaab refugee camps: Back to square one

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) launches today a public communication called “Dadaab: Back to square one.” The international medical organisation takes stock of the current humanitarian situation and operational challenges in Dadaab, Kenya, home to the world’s largest refugee camp. The open report also reviews the emergency response MSF provided throughout 2011. Report - 16 Feb 2012

Kenya

MSF launches new report: 'Dadaab: Back to square one'

MSF's new report entitled "Dadaab: Back to square one" takes stock of the current humanitarian situation and operational challenges in Dadaab, Kenya, home to the world’s largest refugee camp. The refugees in Dadaab – and others on their way – need more than ever the continuous support of the UNHCR, the Kenyan government and humanitarian organisations to be able to survive. Press Release - 16 Feb 2012

Lebanon

Caring for the most vulnerable

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing mental healthcare in two refugee camps in Lebanon for the past three years, both to Palestinian refugees and to vulnerable Lebanese in the area.
Now MSF has opened a new project in northern Lebanon, following the arrival of 4,500 Syrians who have fled the unrest in their country. Bruno Jochum, General Director of MSF, is just back from the region. Voices from the Field - 7 Feb 2012

South Sudan

Emergencies unfolding one after another

Six months after the birth of South Sudan as the world’s newest independent country, a series of emergencies are unfolding that require urgent humanitarian response. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has scaled up into full emergency mode in Upper Nile State to respond to the sudden influx of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan. Press Release - 23 Dec 2011

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Sweet Sixty?

As the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees turns 60, refugees’ health and lives are being put in danger as a result of restrictive government policies and serious shortfalls in assistance. Report - 15 Dec 2011

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