MSF collaborated with local organizations to improve rescue operations and survivor assistance along the coast. This included training local officials in mass-rescue operations and first aid, as well as strengthening coordination between sea and land rescue efforts. In addition, we supported health facilities to prepare for large influxes of patients.
Our teams also delivered medical care at the disembarkation point in Nouadhibou and ensured migrants had access to protection services through the opening of a reception and care facility. In December, MSF teams responded to three disembarkations and two land interceptions. With our referral, 19 people were admitted to hospitals. We did not directly witness any deaths during our interventions but received reports of 56 people who died either during their journeys or in shipwrecks.
