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Rome, Feb. 26, 2023- Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) expresses deep sorrow for the dozens of people who lost their lives in the tragic shipwreck off the coast fo Crotone in Calabria. It is not yet known exactly how many migrants were on board the wooden boat that left the...
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We want to use our experience to help the Ukrainian people. In recent weeks we have worked to understand how and where to intervene to bring our support to the Ukrainian population fleeing the war. In humanitarian crises such as this, we need to quickly adapt the interventions according to...
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As European civil society and professional organisations working on asylum, migration, humanitarian assistance and human rights, we are shocked by the continuing humanitarian crisis at the borders between the EU and Belarus which causes immense suffering and has led to the deaths of at least ten people. While we fully...
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Press conference canceled Wednesday 11th march, 11.30am Sala Stampa Estera, via dell’Umiltà 83/c-Roma Medici per i Diritti Umani presenta LA FABBRICA DELLA TORTURA Report on Human Rights Violations of Migrants and Refugees in Libya (2014-2020) “hese terrible things are happening now. Dou have to go to prisons in Libya to...
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We talked to a group of Ivorian women composed of 11 individuals; with them 4 children of whom 2 were young twins. “It’s difficult to understand where we are, what is happening, we are still traumatized. We went through a lot in Libya”. We ask them to talk about something....
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From the Medu clinical team operating during the disembarkation in Pozzallo The general conditions of migrants are good, even if two persons have been immediately hospitalized (one for skin burns) At the time of disembarkation, the same persons, identified as the most vulnerable by our psychologist, have been also questioned...
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A few days ago, a grotesque controversy broke out over the number of migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea following Minister Salvini’s statements, who, defending his anti-landing policy, recklessly stated: “In 2019 there were only two deaths in the Mediterranean”. In a subsequent tweet then the minister published, in...
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“It’s been 6 days on Sea Watch. There is 47 people on board, 8 of which are underage. These 47 human beings are being rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, where hundreds of children, men and women have drowned. They are now hostages of yet another political dispute between countries. In...
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January 21st, 2019–A cargo ship is bringing 100 migrants back to Libya. The migrants, in critical conditions, were rescued near Misurata’s shores. We can no longer ignore what is awaiting them in the Libyan detention camps of torture. “I was in Libya for 2 long years. When I arrived to...
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