Ethiopia | Born and raised in a Camp: The Journey of Children in Kule Refugee Camp
July 2, 2026In May 2014, Kule Refugee Camp was established in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region following the initial influx of South Sudanese refugees in late 2013. For those refugees that fled from violence, it remains home even a decade later. Many of the children were born inside the camp, in shelters built in the...
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Tanzania: MSF concludes more than 10 years of medical support in Nduta Refugee Camp
June 16, 2026After a decade of sustained medical and humanitarian assistance, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is concluding its activities in Kibondo District in June 2026, following the closure of Nduta refugee camp. Since its launch in 2015 following an influx of thousands of people from Burundi, the project has provided lifesaving care to both refugees andsurrounding host communities...
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DRC | Fizi, South Kivu: in Baraka, MSF responds to an influx of displaced people amid an acute health crisis
May 15, 2026The province of South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is facing an extremely alarming humanitarian situation. In Baraka, in the Fizi territory, ongoing insecurity following the fighting in the Hauts Plateaux and deteriorating roads...
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The Illusion of Choice: Rohingya Voices Echo from the Camps ahead of UN Conference
September 29, 202529 September, Tuesday, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Eight years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled a campaign of extreme targeted violence in Myanmar, a new report from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) shows a population caught in a protracted...
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Trapped in fear: Syrian refugees face unbearable choices in Lebanon
July 2, 2024Names in this article have been changed to protect anonymity. “I wish for death,” says Umm Khattab, a Syrian refugee who has called a flimsy tent along the northeast border of Lebanon home for years. “We live in constant anxiety...
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Humanitarian corridors to evacuate migrants out of Libya needed
June 17, 2024In June 2022, Médecins Sans Frontières called on European and North American governments, among others, to urgently offer protection to migrants trapped in Libya by strengthening existing exit mechanisms (via the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR...
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Need knows no difference between refugees and Sudanese host communities: This is Um Rakuba
June 5, 2024Imagine the scene: a busy refugee camp in El Gedaref state, on the edge of eastern Sudan, close to the Ethiopian border. This is Um Rakuba, where people in desperate need of medical care wait patiently for their turn at...
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MSF concerned over deportations of Afghans from Pakistan
April 19, 2024In the wake of the recent announcement by the Pakistani authorities that ‘Phase Two’ of the ‘repatriation plan’ of Afghans in the country will begin after Eid (15 April), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply concerned for the rights and...
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World Health Day: Women’s healthcare challenges in Bangladesh
April 8, 2024In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar have sought refuge in Cox's Bazar district where MSF has been providing medical services since 1992. The latest and the largest influx occurred in 2017, when nearly 700,000 Rohingya entered...
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Panama: Médecins Sans Frontières is forced to suspend medical care for migrants in Darien Gap
March 14, 2024The humanitarian organization warns it is urgent to resume medical activities as soon as possible to guarantee access to health, especially for those who are victims of attacks and sexual violence in the jungle. Bogotá / Panama City: Since Monday,...
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Chad-Sila Region: Almost one year on, people fleeing Sudan’s violence continue to face an insufficient humanitarian response
February 20, 2024N'Djamena, 19 February, 2024- Since the start of the war in Sudan 1.6 million people have fled the country seeking safety, including an estimated 610,000 1 who have crossed into Chad. Almost a year on in the Sila region, eastern...
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Death, despair and destitution: The human costs of the EU’s migration policies
February 20, 2024In the last years, a policy-made crisis has been unfolding across Europe, at its borders, and beyond, which has resulted in a surge in deaths, despair and destitution among people attempting to seek safety and protection within the European Union...
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