Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has called on EU leaders to do more to prevent violence against migrants on the Balkan Route. Their staff reportedly has treated nearly 500 people with injuries inflicted by border authorities at the Serbian-Hungarian border since early 2021.
The migrants who survived the recent shipwreck off Libya spent three days at sea without food or water, according to Doctors Without Borders. The organization shared the stories of survivors to whom they provided psychological support.
The MSF rescue ship in the Mediterranean was racing to help a migrant boat in distress on Monday, but feared doing so might break the far-right Italian government's new law on life-saving missions.
The crew of the Geo Barents rescue ship conducted several rescue operations on Monday, saving nearly 100 migrants including 17 minors who were on wooden. Now the crew is looking for a safe haven for the nearly 300 on board.
A recent shipwreck in the Aegean left six people dead, among them three children. Now Doctors Without Borders has released accounts from the survivors.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has spoken against lengthy detention and systematic discrimination against migrants and asylum seekers in Lithuania and has urged that an end be put to these practices and that more humane alternatives be brought in without delay.
Italy is scrambling to address overcrowded migrant shelters after scores of boats carrying a total of about 1,000 migrants reached its southern shores and the islands of Lampedusa and Pantelleria over the weekend.
Nearly 440 migrants and refugees rescued by the Geo Barents in the Central Mediterranean have disembarked in Augusta, Italy. The rescue ship waited for days before being granted permission to dock.
Doctors Without Borders removed its team on the Belarus-Poland border after Warsaw blocked access to migrants trying to enter the European Union. Camped in harsh conditions, several people have died on the EU's doorstep.
More than 500 migrants arrived on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa at the weekend. A nurse from the medical charity MSF said many were injured and some had scars from torture.
The transfer of 110 migrants hosted at the Lampedusa hotspot, who were to have left the island Thursday via ferry to Porto Empedocle, has been suspended after a crew member tested positive for COVID-19.
The rescue ship Geo Barents operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) docked Monday at the Sicilian port of Augusta, after requesting a safe port for days for the 322 people aboard, including 95 minors.