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

Italy: Charges dropped against rescues at sea

News Apr 19, 2024

News Apr 12, 2024

Sudan’s humanitarian catastrophe must be addressed

Sudanese women and children wait for malnutrition care from MSF in Zamzam camp.

News Apr 16, 2024

Myanmar: MSF office in Rakhine state destroyed

Burned remains of MSF office in Buthidaung.

story Apr 19, 2024

Seven years in limbo: Saving lives is not a crime

An MSF search and rescue staff member approaches a boat in distress in the Mediterranean.

story Apr 16, 2024

MSF is deeply concerned over deportations of Afghans from Pakistan

A view of a street in Pashtunabad neighborhood, Pakistan.

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Story | Apr 19, 2024

Seven years in limbo: Saving lives is not a crime

Tommaso Fabbri, MSF’s former head of mission for search and rescue, on a legal case dismissed today.

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An MSF search and rescue staff member approaches a boat in distress in the 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

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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A young man looking out at the sea from the Geo Barents

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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