Tag: MSF
Doctors Without Borders To Return To The Mediterranean Despite Italian Laws
Since 2021, the humanitarian ship Geo Barents has rescued 12,675 people in 190 operations. On Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it will return to the Mediterranean sean to continue saving the lives of migrants. However, it will do so with a smaller ship to combat what it calls “illegitimate rules imposed by the Italian […]
December 13, 2024
Libyan Coast Guard Separates Migrant Families Stranded in Mediterranean
‘They experienced the horror of being separated from their wives and children,’ Doctors Without Borders denounced. On Thursday, armed men claiming to be members of the Libyan Coast Guard intercepted a boat carrying over 112 migrants in the central Mediterranean waters. RELATED: Doctor Without Borders Rescues 109 Migrants Drifted in Mediterranean Sea The coast guards […]
November 29, 2024
Italian-Albanian Migration Agreement Violates Medical Ethics: MSF
The detention centers in Albania are a risk factor for physical and mental health. On Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and other humanitarian organizations denounced the agreement under which Italy sends migrants to detention centers in Albania, stating that it “violates medical ethics, human rights, and endangers the physical and psychological health of individuals.” RELATED: […]
November 15, 2024
Doctor Without Borders Rescues 109 Migrants Drifted in Mediterranean Sea
Following the lifting of an administrative blockade by Italy, the Geo Barents ship of Médecins sans Frontières picked up more than a hundred people, mostly women and children, trying to reach Europe.
September 19, 2024
Italy Sends MSF Boat With 146 Migrants to Genoa Port
PM Meloni has complicated the rescue tasks of humanitarian organizations by sending their ships to distant ports. On Friday, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported that the Italian authorities assigned a new port of disembarkation for the ship Geo Barents, which is sailing with 146 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. RELATED: Peruvian Consulate To Serve Ecuadorian […]
June 7, 2024
Panama Blocks Doctors Without Borders Aid to Migrants in Darien
This week, the administration of President Laurentino Cortizo ordered Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend its activities in the Darien, the jungle traversed by thousands of migrants on their way to the United States. RELATED: EPP Proposes Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Safe Third Countries Authorities argue that MSF does not have a valid collaboration […]
March 8, 2024
S. Sudan: World Charity Warns of Humanitarian Crisis, Transit Sites
On Friday, the international medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), called for urgent response in two of the busiest transit sites in South Sudan to prevent deadly disease outbreaks. RELATED: South Sudan: Un Launch Vaccination Drive, Yellow Fever Outbreak The MSF warned that a humanitarian crisis is mounting in Bulukat and Renk sites in Upper […]
February 23, 2024
Charity Vaccination against Hepatitis E in South Sudan
On Tuesday, South Sudan and Médecins sans frontières (MSF), an international medical charity, launched a mass vaccination campaign in response to a deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan. RELATED: S. Sudan: At Least 42 Killed in Fresh Communal Clashes The charity said the vaccination will safeguard women and girls of reproductive age, who are […]