9-11 | Open letter to European leaders (Copies sent to Switzerland, Norway, FYROM, Serbia and the President of the European Commission) We send you this letter today, together with a lifejacket belonging to one of the 15,000 people rescued at sea by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since May. This poor quality life vest was the only security a man, woman or child had whilst trying to cross the sea to Europe.
9-11 | 10 September saw the immediate closure of the Captain Elias camp on Kos island, a makeshift building where authorities have been directing refugees to stay while awaiting their registration papers.
9-3 | The MSF boats Dignity I and Bourbon Argos together with the MY Phoenix, operated jointly with MOAS, yesterday rescued 1,658 people in MSF’s biggest day of operations on the Mediterranean Sea since operations began on 2 May.
9-1 | In order to increase Tunisian fishermen’s capacity to carry out rescues at sea, MSF has carried out a six-day training with 116 local fishermen in the town of Zarzis. MSF is also carrying out trainings for the Tunisian and Libyan Red Crescents, the Tunisian Civil Protection service and the Tunisian National Guard in dead body management and how to receive people who are rescued and brought to shore. On 27 August, 200 people drowned when a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Zuwara, Libya.
9-1 | In order to increase Tunisian fishermen’s capacity to carry out rescues at sea, MSF has carried out a six-day training with 116 local fishermen in the town of Zarzis. MSF is also carrying out trainings for the Tunisian and Libyan Red Crescents, the Tunisian Civil Protection service and the Tunisian National Guard in dead body management and how to receive people who are rescued and brought to shore. On 27 August, 200 people drowned when a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Zuwara, Libya.