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MSF staff mobilize for Gaza in front of the Parliament in Bern, Switzerland.

World leaders must act now to respond to genocide in Gaza

News Sep 17, 2025

Stop the genocide. Let Gaza live. Sign the petition.

MSF USA staff, medical aid workers, and supporters gather in front of UN headquarters in New York during the September 2025 session of the General Assembly to call on world leaders to take urgent action to stop the genocide in Gaza.

News Sep 12, 2025

Doctors Without Borders USA names Tirana Hassan as new CEO

Tirana Hassan

story Sep 19, 2025

How conflict, displacement, and corporate decisions impact diabetes care

Tawfik has to take insulin every day in addition to around six other pills to help control his diabetes and hypertension.

story Sep 19, 2025

Alarming surge of cholera cases in northwestern Burundi

Medical staff treat cholera patients in Burundi.

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News | Dec 13, 2024

MSF pauses search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean indefinitely

Repeated interference from Italian authorities has forced MSF to cease the use of its ship Geo Barents.

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Survivors look over the deck of the Geo Barents at the sunset.

News | Oct 16, 2024

Italy announces plan to transfer people rescued at sea to Albania, risking harm

The disembarkation of survivors in Albania raises important human rights concerns, particularly the right to liberty, access to protection, and adequate asylum procedures.

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Disembarkation - Rotation 65

News | Aug 27, 2024

Italy issues 60-day detention order for MSF rescue ship

Italy’s order further reduces an already insufficient search and rescue capacity, making the dangerous sea crossing even more deadly.

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The Geo Barents recue vessel shines a light on a small boat at night in the central Mediterranean.

News | Apr 19, 2024

Italy: Charges dropped against rescues at sea

Though the court ruling sweeps away seven years of falsehoods, attacks on humanitarian search and rescue operations continue.

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MSF search and rescue teams rescue migrants from a capsized boat in the Central Mediterranean.

News | Mar 22, 2024

MSF search and rescue ship detained in Italy

The detention comes after the Libyan Coast Guard threatened MSF and attempted to obstruct a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea

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Detention Geo Barents

News | Mar 19, 2024

EU-funded Libyan Coast Guard obstruct MSF rescue operation

Two recent violent incidents highlight the lack of search and rescue capacity in the Central Mediterranean and authorities’ disregard for human lives.

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MSF search and rescue team rescues people from a boat in distress in the Central Mediterranean.

News | Mar 14, 2024

How European policies choose violence against migrants and refugees

EU policies are denying safety and protection to refugees and migrants, while promoting systematic brutality.

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Disembarkation 2 - Rotation 53

News | Aug 08, 2023

New report documents abuse of migrants by French authorities

Migrants are forced back to Italy and left without shelter or basic services

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MSF widwife, Alessia Alberani, during a consultation with a pregnant patient in the mobile clinic in Ventimiglia, Italy

News | Mar 07, 2023

Appeal lodged against illegitimate detention of MSF search and rescue ship

The Italian government is punishing organizations involved in search and rescue activities in the Mediterranean.

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MSF Geo Barents ready to sail

News | Jun 17, 2022

MSF calls for the evacuation of the most vulnerable migrants from Libya to safe countries

In a new report, MSF outlines failings of existing mechanisms to get people out of Libya.

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Migrants and refugees in Zintan and Gharyan detention centers in Libya

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