European Refugee Crisis

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Conor is a doctor working in the MSF clinic in Idomeni, a transit camp for refugees on the Greek border with Macedonia. On Tuesday 24 May, police began evicting residents of the camp, providing little information about where they were being moved to.

31 May 2016 / 3 minute read

Conor Kenny

Doctor

Diary of a night shift

From late at night to early morning, Dr Conor Kenny blogs about providing emergency care to refugees in Greece...

13 May 2016 / 5 minute read

Conor Kenny

Doctor

Tears in Idomeni

"As I reached the clinic, the MSF team was working hard to treat people affected by the tear gas attack."

18 Apr 2016 / 4 minute read

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Ashamed to be a European

I thought I knew what to expect.

07 Sep 2015 / 4 minute read

Natasha Lewer

Communications

Bus drivers without borders

“I never expected to be running a bus company when I came here,” Florence, MSF’s medical coordinator tells me as she stubs out a cigarette. After 16 years of working in the world’s worst crises, she never expected to be working in Europe either.'

03 Sep 2015 / 2 minute read

Simon Bryant

Doctor

August 5th and 6th, 2015

In the early afternoon of Wednesday August 5th an overloaded boat capsized in the southern Mediterranean. The Phoenix was about five hours away when we received the news, and instructions to proceed directly to the site. The next day the Phoenix went to urgently assist in the rescue of a 15-meter boat carrying 604 people and in danger of capsizing.

09 Aug 2015 / 5 minute read

Chiara Montaldo

Project Coordination

We are here for them

I’m in Pozzallo, a small tourist town on the south coast of Sicily. In the past week, more than 700 people have arrived here – 373 on Tuesday, 300 on Friday and 100 on Sunday.

29 Apr 2015 / 6 minute read

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Florian Lems/MSF

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