MSF report: Dehumanizing migration policies in the Americas leave hundreds of thousands of people abandoned in danger
August 12, 2025MSF calls on governments in the region to shift away from harsh deterrence tactics and towards humane migration and protection policy. Mexico City, 12 August 2025—In its first six months in office, the current US Administration has implemented the most...
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What Comes After Failure? Dealing with Displaced Populations in Greece and Europe
August 11, 2025By Christina Psarra, MSF Executive Director in GreeceThe arrival in early July of more than 2,500 people seeking asylum on the island of Crete is a stark reminder that no policy of deterrence, nor threat of detention after reaching European...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Nurturing hope amid migration challenges in Latin America
August 4, 2025“I’ve breastfed him throughout the entire migration route,” says María*, a 34-year-old Venezuelan mother traveling with her two children. Their journey began in Peru, where her youngest son was born two years ago, and continued through Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa...
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Armed conflict and administrative barriers limit health access in Arauca: MSF responds with mobile clinics
August 4, 2025Arauca, Colombia- In Colombia’s northeastern department of Arauca, continuous migration from Venezuela, intensified armed conflict between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the Central General State (EMC), and emergency response from floods, have overwhelmed the local capacity since...
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Mexico: Extracontinental Migration in the Americas
April 8, 2025La Soledad, Mexico- "Since God was with me, I managed to escape," says Mbala* from La Soledad, an informal migrant camp in the heart of Mexico City. Sitting with his back to one of the capital's oldest churches, he recounts...
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United States: MSF resumes support to local groups helping migrants in Arizona desert
August 22, 2024Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) is resuming its work in support of Tucson-based nonprofit groups that are bringing humanitarian aid to migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border near the Sonoran Desert, the organization announced today. Earlier this year, a...
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“Violence, desperation and abandonment on the migration route”: MSF presents its migration report in Mexico and Central America
May 27, 2024Migrants crossing through Mexico and Central America are in an unprecedented state of vulnerability. From the diverse areas of work from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) – medic, mental health, social work, and health promotion – we have been able to...
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Panama: Médecins Sans Frontières is forced to suspend medical care for migrants in Darien Gap
March 14, 2024The humanitarian organization warns it is urgent to resume medical activities as soon as possible to guarantee access to health, especially for those who are victims of attacks and sexual violence in the jungle. Bogotá / Panama City: Since Monday,...
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Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies
February 20, 2024In the last years, a policy-made crisis has been unfolding across Europe, at its borders, and beyond, which has resulted in a surge in deaths, despair and destitution among people attempting to seek safety and protection within the European Union...
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MSF South Asia Health and Humanity Summit: Partnering to build better responses during emergencies
August 17, 202317 August 2023, New Delhi: Setting the agenda for a paradigm shift in health and humanitarian considerations during emergencies, especially in South and Southeast Asia, over 15 practitioners, thought leaders, artists, and over 300 attendees from the social impact space...
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MSF calls for urgent international help for Sudanese refugees in Chad as major crisis looms
August 14, 2023As people continue to flee the conflict in Sudan, more than 358,000 refugees have arrived at the border town Adré, in eastern Chad. Refugee camps are being built, but the shelter and basic facilities available in the camps are wholly...
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41 people died in shipwreck off Lampedusa
August 10, 2023By Juan Matías Gil, MSF Search and Rescue Representative“These kinds of tragedies are happening daily in the Mediterranean and at the European borders, right in front of everyone’s eyes. More and more people have been taking the sea to find refuge over...
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