In April 2025, MSF launched a collaboration with Utopia 56, a French association, to conduct coastal patrols in northern France and provide psychological first aid and medical assistance to survivors of shipwrecks or failed attempts to cross the English Channel.
In Pantin, northeastern Paris, we provide multidisciplinary support for unaccompanied female minors who have no protection from the state. At our day center, which is a girls-only space, they have access to medical, psychological, social, and legal assistance tailored to their specific needs. We also provide accommodations for about 20 teenage girls in vulnerable situations, such as those experiencing complex health conditions and homelessness.
In Marseille, southern France, we offer shelter and a range of support services to unaccompanied minors with serious health conditions and mental health needs in an 18-bed house. We also run a day center in collaboration with other organizations, where unaccompanied minors can have some respite and access medical consultations, referrals, and psychological support.
Following Cyclone Chido, which hit the Mayotte archipelago at the end of 2024, MSF launched emergency activities to assist people in the worst-affected areas. Between mid-December 2024 and mid-March 2025, our mobile clinics visited informal urban neighborhoods, focusing on addressing critical needs, such as the lack of access to safe water, and conducting general health care consultations.
In 2025, we concluded our response to Cyclone Chido in the Mayotte archipelago.
