Doctors Without Borders

Culture news

Gaza benefit single announced by Massive Attack

100 per cent of the profits from the single will be donated to the charity Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders to help their emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

21/12/2023

Tech News

How humanitarian organisations are investing in AI to save lives

AI supporting social solidarity? UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières are harnessing it to save lives. Find out how technology is supporting humanitarian work.

27/10/2023

Italy

Over 600 migrants dock in the southern Italian port of Bari

They came from Syria, Bangladesh, Palestine, Egypt and Pakistan on board a reportedly overcrowded fishing boat.

30/05/2023

Malta

Rescue ship Geo Barents saves 440 migrants near Malta

The Geo Barents, a humanitarian vessel of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), rescued 440 migrants in distress in international waters off Malta on Tuesday.

05/04/2023

Europe News

Asylum seekers sleeping rough in Brussels for months, as crisis grows

There are currently 3,000 people seeking refuge in Belgium and staying in the streets, most of whom are in Brussels.

07/03/2023

Italy

Woman gives brith on MSF rescue ship after sea rescue by NGO

A woman gave birth to a boy on the Geo Barents medical clinic after being rescued from a dinghy floating in the middle of the sea.

09/12/2022

Italy

Italy urged to allow 1,000 migrants disembark from NGO rescue ships

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Italy would not bear "the burden of this arrival alone".

04/11/2022

Europe News

Rescue ship with 659 migrants onboard to disembark in Italy

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue ship with 659 migrants on board has been allowed to disembark in Greece after nine days stuck at sea.

04/08/2022

Malta

Ocean Viking seeking safe port for 223 migrants

Some pregnant women and children are among the passengers.

26/01/2020

World News

SOS Mediterranee and MSF restart migrant rescue mission

After the Aquarius, which sailed from 2016 to 2018, SOS Mediterranee is going back at sea with the Ocean Viking.

21/07/2019

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Ebola crisis 'accelerating' says field coordinator in DR Congo

The World Health Organization is set to decide whether or not to declare Ebola a public health emergency Friday after a 5-year-old died in Uganda.

14/06/2019

Malta

Aquarius migrants disembark in Malta

Aquarius migrants disembark in Malta

30/09/2018

Spain

Watch: Family saved by Aquarius ship make a new life in Spain

Since both Italy and Malta have toughened their stances on migration, Spain has seen a surge in asylum seeker applications.

20/09/2018

Greece

Greek camp at Moria: reaching boiling point

NGO's and human rights groups have urged Greece to take action to render its camps fit for human habitation as Moria camp on the island of Lesbos exceeds capacity of 3,200 to over 9,000 asylum seekers

19/09/2018

Italy

Italy and Malta refuse to dock migrant ship carrying 629 people

Italy's new populist government has refused permission for the vessel to dock and Malta is also not welcoming anyone

11/06/2018

Italy

Aquarius migrant ship drifts in Med as Italy and Malta close doors

Euronews correspondent Anelise Borges reports from on board the Aquarius whose 629 migrants it rescued from the Mediterranean remain stranded at sea.

11/06/2018

Hungary

MSF staff in Serbia detail Hungary police 'abuse' of migrants

The humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) – also known as Doctors Without Borders – has given more details after alleging that Hungarian border police have been systematically abusi

09/03/2017

Europe News

NGO warns of worrying healthcare access for migrants in Europe

A report by a leading medical NGO has found that migrants are struggling to access proper healthcare across Europe.

15/11/2016