Bangladesh: Trapped and forgotten, where can Rohingya people seek safety?
August 22, 2024Click here to read this article in Bangla. As Rohingya become increasingly trapped by raging conflict in Myanmar's Rakhine state, those who cannot pay their way across the border into Bangladesh are being left without protection or assistance. “We heard explosions, gunfire...
Read moreTrapped in fear: Syrian refugees face unbearable choices in Lebanon
July 2, 2024Names in this article have been changed to protect anonymity. “I wish for death,” says Umm Khattab, a Syrian refugee who has called a flimsy tent along the northeast border of Lebanon home for years. “We live in constant anxiety...
Read moreWorld Health Day: Women’s healthcare challenges in Bangladesh
April 8, 2024In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar have sought refuge in Cox's Bazar district where MSF has been providing medical services since 1992. The latest and the largest influx occurred in 2017, when nearly 700,000 Rohingya entered...
Read moreDeath, 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...
Read moreJordan: MSF ends intervention for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan
January 31, 2022Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has ended one of its largest interventions responding to the health and humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan. Our response to the Syrian refugee crises in Jordan started in 2013, through an emergency surgical hospital...
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