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Lesvos authorities close down only Covid-19 isolation center run by MSF

July 30, 2020 Refugees 4

A COVID-19 isolation centre set up on the island of Lesvos by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to close, after local authorities imposed fines with potential criminal charges, related to urban planning regulations. The isolation center was the only place on Lesvos which provided a safe space …

MSF: Greece denies healthcare to seriously ill refugee children on Lesvos

January 23, 2020 Refugees 1

The Greek government is deliberately depriving at least 140 children with chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases of adequate medical care, humanitarian NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stated on Thursday. The MSF is calling on the Greek government evacuate all severely ill children to the Greek mainland or other EU member …

MSF warns of increasing assaults against children in Moria camp

October 14, 2018 Refugees Comments Off on MSF warns of increasing assaults against children in Moria camp

Médecins Sans Frontières’ Greece Medical Coordinator Dr. Declan Barry told Newsweek that since mid-May, the organization has seen an average of one reported case of sexual assault per week, which adds up to at least 21 cases reported to MSF alone in less than five months. Barry said that those cases involved women, …

Junior doctors to cycle 3000km from Glasgow to Greece for a good cause

March 12, 2018 Very Mix 2

Five junior doctors working in Glasgow are aiming to raise awareness of the refugee crisis by cycling from Scotland to Greece where they plan to volunteer in a refugee camp. The journey of over 3000km includes crossing the Alps but they hope to raise thousands of pounds for Médecins Sans …

MSF: Dramatic deterioration for vulnerable asylum seekers on Lesvos

July 25, 2017 Refugees Comments Off on MSF: Dramatic deterioration for vulnerable asylum seekers on Lesvos

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released a new report highlighting the drastic deterioration of the care and protection for vulnerable people in Lesbos, Greece, who have fled from violence and wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and suffer from post-war psychological trauma. “Vulnerable people are falling through the cracks and are …

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rejects EU Funds in protest at Refugee policies & EU-Turkey Deal

June 17, 2016 Politics 2

Humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it will no longer take funds from the European Union and Member States, in opposition to what the MSF describes as EU’s “damaging deterrence policies and intensifying attempts to push people and their suffering away from European shores.” The decision is …

UNHCR, MSF will no longer support “Hot Spots turned into detention centers” on Greece’s islands

March 23, 2016 Politics 1

First, it was the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that declared it is moving out of the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos, a Hot Spot open access facility turned into a closed “detention center” via the EU-Turkey deal of last Friday. In a statement the UNHCR said …

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