Refugee Crisis
latest news & developments
‘Fortress Europe’s’ African victims
The European Union’s decade-long crackdown on African migrants is just as appalling as Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies
Merkel and the revenge of the old white boys’ club
For almost two decades, a conservative all-men’s pact has waited to have its political revenge on Angela Merkel
Refugees in Greece feel like ‘prisoners and hostages’
On Samos Island, some 2,000 asylum seekers are crammed in a refugee centre designed to accommodate only 700 people.
The Anatomy of a Rescue
Courtney Bercan tells the story of her first rescue mission on board MSF rescue vessel Dignity 1
MSF assists in Mediterranean Sea rescues involving 3 000 people in a single day
‘This unbelievable number speaks to the desperation people are facing’
High price of vaccine blocks immunising more refugee children against pneumonia
Make your voice heard in MSF’s initiative to make vaccines accessible
Hundreds drown in Libyan refugee exodus
Refugees panicked and drowned as the overloaded boat they were dumped on sank.
Food crisis hits Malawi’s refugees
Prohibited from working, refugees at the overcrowded Dzaleka camp have been surviving on minimal food rations due to donor cutbacks.
EU summit: Migrant crisis top of agenda
Delegates will discuss a controversial plan for a new European Union force that could shore up borders without the host country’s consent.
Lesbos founders in the human tide
The camps are full, the volunteers and agencies overwhelmed. Families are sleeping wherever they can.
Zuma: Blood of refugee crisis is on Nato’s hands
President Jacob Zuma has placed the blame for the African refugee crisis firmly on the intervention policies of Nato and the European Union.