Africa: MSF Returns to Saving Lives At Sea in Central Mediterranean

press release

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces today the relaunch of its search and rescue activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya.

Since 2015, MSF medical teams working on search and rescue ships have witnessed with horror the human tragedy unfolding on Europe's doorstep, as thousands of people drown at sea or are forcibly returned to horrific conditions in Libya. This time MSF is chartering our own ship, the Geo Barents, to rescue people in danger and provide them with emergency medical care.

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