Thousands of people are trapped in "inhumane" Libyan detention centres as violence rages around them. Sandra, a nurse, shares one day with the Doctors Without Borders team offering not only medicine, but also moments of dignity, care, and hope...
Australian nurse Jai Defranciscis shares her experience of working in Misrata, Libya, where MSF is providing care for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers facing arbitrary detention and extreme suffering
As the situation in Libya becomes increasingly unstable, thousands of the people working there have found themselves kidnapped, detained, and abused. Some are later packed onto dangerously unseaworthy boats on the Mediterranean Sea. Cultural mediator Shafiqul blogs about his role on an MSF search and rescue vessel, and shares the stories of some of the people he has met there…
Back from his assignment in Libya, MSF doctor Tankred discusses the harrowing conditions he witnessed inside a detention centre. Written as a letter, he has a special message for MSF supporters around the world...
On board MV Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel operated jointly by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE, cultural mediator Oussama meets two women who shared their story of friendship, courage and escape.
Mark has recently joined the team on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship operated jointly by Doctors without Borders and SOS MEDITERRANEE. Here he blogs about the team's work in the Mediterranean.
Oussama is working on board the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue vessel operated jointly by MSF and SOS MEDITERRANEE. Here he shares the story of 17-year-old Jonathan, who came on board in a recent rescue.
It’s hard to believe that I’ve developed such a negative visceral reaction to the name of a food that I actually like to eat: the word “macaroni” now fills me with a sense of hopelessness and dread
