![A man looks out from a shelter in the market zone in Bentiu PoC (Protection of Civilians) site. [ © Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf272417_medium_1.jpg?itok=ZIDmbWEr "A man looks out from a shelter in the market zone in Bentiu PoC (Protection of Civilians) site. [ © Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos ]")
Refugees, Migration and displacement
“Sometimes we hear from the radio about peace, but we don't have full information.”
Fleeing war is difficult, fleeing with one leg even more so. Stories from the Frontline - 27 Jun 2019![Vials of Amphotericin B which is used to treat Cryptococcal Meningitis [© Albert Masias/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msb19679_medium.jpg?itok=qa7v1l54 "Vials of Amphotericin B which is used to treat Cryptococcal Meningitis [© Albert Masias/MSF]")
Access to medicines
Press Release - 27 Jun 2019
Gilead Sciences fails on promise to expand access to lifesaving drug for people living with HIV
Inaction by US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead to follow through on its so-called ‘access initiative’ leaves people unable to access a vital drug to treat a deadly infection.Press Release - 27 Jun 2019
![Martha, a pseudonym, is a 27-year-old woman living in the Malakal Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, in north-east South Sudan [ © MSF / Igor Barbero ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf273546_medium.jpg?itok=16Cl61cv "Martha, a pseudonym, is a 27-year-old woman living in the Malakal Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, in north-east South Sudan [ © MSF / Igor Barbero ]")
Access to Healthcare
“There is not enough water; the community is too big here.”
Martha* has lived in the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, South Sudan since 2014. Stories from the Frontline - 26 Jun 2019
Access to Healthcare
Article - 24 Jun 2019
Mali: Unprecedented levels of violence affecting populations in the central region
The high level of insecurity, mainly in the central region of the country, has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.Article - 24 Jun 2019
Access to Healthcare
“Healthwise, it was a disaster” – MSF finds catastrophic medical situation in Libya’s Zintan and Gharyan detention centres
People, mostly from Eritrea and Somalia trapped in two Libyan detention centres where at least 22 people have died since September 2018 Article - 24 Jun 2019
Refugees, Migration and displacement
If you resist, or just speak, they kill you”
Over 20,000 Nigerians have fled violence in Sokoto and Zamfara states to find safety in Niger Article - 21 Jun 2019![an MSF team works in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, (northern Mexico), following the arrival of a caravan of 1,700 migrants. [©Juan Carlos Tomasi / Médecins Sans Frontières]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf271104_medium.jpg?itok=fRF_hduz "an MSF team works in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, (northern Mexico), following the arrival of a caravan of 1,700 migrants. [©Juan Carlos Tomasi / Médecins Sans Frontières]")
Access to Healthcare
Mexico: Mass arrests drive migrants underground and cut them off from medical care
As a result of mass raids, migrants in Coatzacoalcos and Tenosique are increasingly avoiding places where they might be visible to police authorities and detained – including those places where basic medical services are available. Press Release - 21 Jun 2019
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Since 2013, four million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Two million sought safety across borders, while another two million remain internally displaced. During some of the most extreme periods of violence, thousands of people fled in unprecedented numbers to existing United Nations (UN) bases for protection, and as the conflict extended, these bases transitioned into Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites and are guarded by forces from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Article - 20 Jun 2019
Conditions of protection: life inside or outside a displacement camp
The smell of sweet ginger coffee being prepared in a little tin hut manages to waft above the putrid smell of green sludge - it’s the smell of life going on. It lingers in the air, and somehow, just like the people here, manages to rise above the suffocating conditions of a Protection of Civilians site.Since 2013, four million people have been displaced by conflict in South Sudan. Two million sought safety across borders, while another two million remain internally displaced. During some of the most extreme periods of violence, thousands of people fled in unprecedented numbers to existing United Nations (UN) bases for protection, and as the conflict extended, these bases transitioned into Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites and are guarded by forces from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Article - 20 Jun 2019
Refugees, Migration and displacement
Stories of Survival: M. from Guinea
M., 21 years old, arrived in Italy few years ago from Guinea. Now he lives at Ex-MOI, an informal settlement in the city Turin. His story : Testimony - 19 Jun 2019![Muse Bare Shangalow, 55, lives with cancer of the Oesophagus since September 2018, and is part of MSF’s Palliative Care program [© MSF/Paul Odongo ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/msfimages/news/msf275538_medium.jpg?itok=KogWwp3_ "Muse Bare Shangalow, 55, lives with cancer of the Oesophagus since September 2018, and is part of MSF’s Palliative Care program [© MSF/Paul Odongo ]")
Refugees, Migration and displacement