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Gate of Sayid al Shuhada hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.

Sudan: Intense fighting is forcing hospitals to close in El Fasher

story Jun 13, 2024

News Jun 11, 2024

Latest massacres in Gaza's Middle Area illustrate complete disregard for Palestinian lives

Palestinians walk through smoke in the streets of Gaza.

News Jun 13, 2024

Rohingya refugees struggle to access testing and treatment amid alarmingly high rates of hepatitis C

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh three years after their exodus

story Jun 14, 2024

“I could not bring her back”: A poem from aboard the Geo Barents

A handwritten poem from aboard the Geo Barents.

story Jun 14, 2024

A race against time to treat victims of sexual violence in Costa Rica

An MSF worker talks with migrants who have exited the Darien Gap in Costa Rica

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Story | Jun 14, 2024

“I could not bring her back”: A poem from aboard the Geo Barents

An MSF cultural mediator shares a poem she wrote after a tragic incident that claimed the life of a woman in the Mediterranean Sea.

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A handwritten poem from aboard the Geo Barents.

Story | Jun 11, 2024

What pieces of home would you take with you?

Survivors of the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing share what precious items they took with them when they left home.

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A notebook, prayer beads, and wooden disk carried by a migrant in the Mediterranean Sea.

Story | Jun 10, 2024

Numbers on coffins: Lives and dreams lost in the deadly Mediterranean Sea

Survivors of a shipwreck near Cutro, Italy that claimed at least 94 lives last year reflect on the dashed dreams of loved ones who died making the treacherous sea crossing.

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A capsized boat in the Central Mediterranean Sea at night.

Story | Jun 05, 2024

Refugees, migrants, asylum seekers, and IDPs: What’s the difference?

Whether due to war, political persecution, natural disasters, or poverty, millions of people are on the move across the world.

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A child stands next to a caregiver on the deck of a search and rescue ship.

Story | Apr 19, 2024

Saving lives is not a crime

Tommaso Fabbri, MSF’s former head of mission for search and rescue, on a legal case dismissed after seven years in limbo

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

Story | Mar 04, 2024

Left to Drown: Distress calls unanswered in the Mediterranean

After repeated distress calls from the Central Mediterranean last year, survivor accounts depict multiple failures to conduct rescues.

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Comic illustration of a boat carrying people in the Mediterranean Sea.

Story | Dec 07, 2023

Survivors of the sea

Snapshots of hope from aboard MSF's search and rescue ship, Geo Barents

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Polaroid photos of people rescued by MSF from the Mediterranean Sea.

Story | Sep 29, 2023

Six days adrift: A perilous Mediterranean crossing

Stefan Pejović shares his account of being on board MSF's Geo Barents search and rescue vessel on the Mediterranean.

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An aerial view of a small MSF rescue boat in the middle of the Mediterranean sea.

Story | Jul 13, 2023

MSF files complaint as Italian laws hinder search and rescue

The complaint outlines examples of Italian legislation and practices that do not comply with the EU legal framework and endanger the lives of people seeking safety.

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Search and Rescue Rotation 32 - Rescue 1

Story | Jul 13, 2023

A treacherous journey

How increasingly inhumane policies are making it more dangerous—and deadly—for people to seek safety in Europe.

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MSF search and rescue teams on an orange rescue boat respond to a migrant ship in distress in the Mediterranean sea

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