Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is expanding a free treatment program for people with mental health disorders in Liberia with activitie
MSF has returned to the Central Mediterranean because large numbers of people are continuing to drown in the Mediterranean and governments are failing to respond to the crisis.
An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya bringing this year’s toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This entirely avoidable loss of life highlights the desperate lack of search and rescue capacity and the terrible plight of those fleeing Libya.
Between 5,000 and 6,000 refugees and migrants are arbitrarily held in Libya’s detention centres nominally under the authority of Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior. Away from the battle area, hundreds remain locked up for an indefinite period in harmful detention conditions, exposed to abuses and death, and driven into desperation.
Tambu Matambo recently returned from a field assignment of 3 years working in India working as a project coordinator, in Chhattisgarh and Manipur.
In northeast Nigeria, conflict between the military and armed opposition groups has taken a heavy toll on the population, with serious humanitarian consequences.
Sam Turner, MSF Head of Mission in Libya, recounts a night in which our worst fears would come to pass. The forced return of people fleeing Libya must stop.
Deeply rooted in MSF’s medical operations, the Access Campaign works to tackle barriers to people’s access to medical care.
Over 100 people are missing, many feared drowned in today shipwreck off Libya
NPO Number: 060-840 | PBO: 930025677
