Closed centres for refugees arriving on the Greek islands: one year later, “everyone is suffering from psychological distress”

November 30, 2022

Trying to see a doctor; getting hold of insulin treatment for diabetes; seeking legal advice prior to an asylum interview. All of these are a challenge for the refugees, migrants and asylum-seekers stuck in the isolated and highly securitised Zervou...

Libya: “I’m terrified that something bad will happen to my son”

November 2, 2022

Libyans desperate to flee violence risk the dangerous crossing to Europe Today, November 2, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on migration between the Italian and Libyan governments will automatically renew for three years. The European Union (EU)-sponsored agreement has seen...

Bangladesh: Poor water and sanitation services expose Rohingya community to disease

October 19, 2022

A recent assessment by MSF in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows that five years since the acute emergency phase of the response to support Rohingya refugees in 2017, the water and sanitarian situation in the camps is...

Mediterranean migration: Europe must act now to end preventable deaths in Libya and at sea

August 7, 2019

Op-ed by Dr Joanne Liu, International President On 25 July, tragedy once again hit the Mediterranean. An estimated 150 people drowned whilst fleeing Libya. It brings this year’s toll in the Central Mediterranean Sea to at least 576 people. This...

Out of sight, out of mind: refugees in Libya’s detention centres

July 14, 2019

Between 5,000 and 6,000 refugees and migrants are being held arbitrarily in Libya’s detention centres, nominally under the authority of the Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior. Their situation has become even more perilous in recent months with the conflict between the...