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Libya: Forced suspension of MSF activities leaves former patients without care
Several former patients died from tuberculosis following the March suspension.
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MSF cared for thousands of migrants and refugees detained in dire conditions in Libya.
September 3, 2025 — Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) worked with a team of artists, actors, and filmmakers to create Humans in Transit, a storytelling exhibition comprising 400 testimonies shared with our staff in Libya and aboard rescue vessels in the Mediterranean. Many of the refugees told their stories while in detention in Libya or just after being rescued at sea. Their shared experiences helped create a tapestry of stories—by refugees, for refugees.
In 2024, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided essential health care and support to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya, many of whom have been subjected to extreme violence and abuse.
Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants held in detention centers in Libya face abuse and inhumane living conditions, including insufficient access to food, water, sanitation, and medical care, while those attempting the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing face interceptions by the Libyan Coast Guard.
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Several former patients died from tuberculosis following the March suspension.
Read moreMSF runs a range of activities in Libya for refugees, migrants and other people in vulnerable circumstances, including basic health care, tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment, sexual and reproductive health services, and emergency care. We also offer protection services, aiming to identify people with vulnerabilities, particularly unaccompanied minors, and to refer them to other organizations who can meet their specific needs.
In 2024, we regained access to a detention center near Tripoli, one of the places where migrants and refugees are arbitrarily and indefinitely held in the country and started to offer basic health care consultations and protection services once a week.
19,800
Outpatient consultations
4,280
Individual mental health consultations
260
Patients started on treatment for tuberculosis (TB)
*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2024
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