JUBA, South Sudan, Feb. 21, 2017 – The protracted conflict in South Sudan’s Mayendit and Leer counties is leading to extremely high levels of malnutrition, as people are repeatedly forced to flee their homes to take shelter in remote areas, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. In January, […]
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MSF: Suspension of U.S. Refugee Resettlement Endangers People Fleeing War Zones
NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 2017 – President Donald J. Trump’s executive order suspending refugee resettlement to the United States is an inhumane act against people fleeing war zones, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling for a resumption of refugee resettlement. “Every day our teams on the ground […]
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Serbia and Greece: Thousands of migrants and refugees are trapped in freezing temperatures
Jan. 9, 2017 – Thousands of migrants and refugees are trapped in freezing conditions in Greece and Serbia without adequate shelter, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling again on the authorities to improve conditions for people suffering in below-freezing temperatures. The situation is particularly dire for those […]
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Syria: Renewed Mass Casualty Attacks Around Damascus and Homs Kill, Wound Scores of Civilians
NEW YORK/DAMASCUS/HOMS, NOVEMBER 25, 2016 -The intensity of attacks in besieged areas near Damascus and Homs has increased dramatically once more, leading to significant increases in mass casualty influxes. Just today, Friday, multiple airstrikes again hit East Ghouta, an area of besieged towns near Damascus. Medics in the area are reporting many casualties, including women […]
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Aleppo: Two Surgical Hospitals Bombed; Only Two Others Left in Besieged City
BARCELONA/NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2016 – Two hospitals in eastern Aleppo were severely damaged last night during the ongoing, indiscriminate bombing of the city and have been forced to halt all activities. These attacks caused the death of at least two patients inside the hospitals and injured two medical staff members as well. Both of […]
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Central Mediterranean: 3,000 people rescued in one day
AUGUST 30, 2016 — A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) search and rescue ship, the Dignity I, took part in operations yesterday that rescued approximately 3,000 people from about 20 rubber dinghies and several wooden boats adrift in the central Mediterranean. “This is one of the largest numbers of people we have assisted in […]