5-13 | We face the greatest displacement of humanity in decades - more than 60 million people forced from their homes by war, misery or oppression from places like Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, or Eritrea. A tiny percentage of these desperate men, women and children have risked their lives on overcrowded boats and knocked on Europe’s front door.
5-5 | Last year, 75 hospitals managed or supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were bombed. This was in violation of the most fundamental rules of war which gives protected status to medical facilities and its patients, regardless if the patients are civilians or wounded combatants. Beyond the hospitals, civilians are being wounded and killed by indiscriminate warfare in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. At the same time, the treatment of refugees and migrants in Europe and beyond has shown a shocking lack of humanity.
4-24 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced on 24 April that it has resumed search, rescue and medical aid operations in the central Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe and conducted its first operation of 2016.
4-24 | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced on 24 April that it has resumed search, rescue and medical aid operations in the central Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe and conducted its first operation of 2016.
4-10 | Events are latest consequences of absurd humanitarian crisis created by Europe On 10th April, after the violent events at the border between Greece and Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams treated hundreds including around 40 people injured by rubber bullets.