Moria Reception Centre in Lesbos, Greece
More than 1.000 people are waiting outside the Moria Registration Centre on Lesbos, Greece. They are without proper shelter and any provision of food and water.
"We have witnessed a lot of pregnant women and children queuing for several days in the mud, being soaked wet in the pouring rain without any protection, some of them only wearing a t-shirt. People can¿t stand up anymore because their feet are so swollen of being wet for several days. Without the intervention of our medical teams or volunteers, police doesn¿t allow refugees to leave the queue to have access to health care. Our staff have to look for the sick and the injured in the queues to be able to redirect them to the consultations. In addition, the registration process keeps on being changed, with no information shared with the people and humanitarian actors. This is completely inhumane." said Yves Wailly, Project coordinator in Lesvos Island.
Refugees take shelter during a rain
Greenpeace and MSF - Lesvos, Greece
A Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) and Greenpeace rescue team responded to a sinking rigid inflatable boat (rhib) carrying 45 Afghan refugees crossing from Turkey to the north shore of Lesvos, Greece. On arrival to the scene the poor quality inflatable was taking on water. The people on board were having problems with the outboard motor as it was poorly fitted and could not be restarted. It was soon obvious to the Greenpeace/MSF crew that the sponsons were rapidly losing air and the lives of the people were in immediate danger.
The Afghans in the vessel started screaming, ¿please help us, we're sinking! We don't want to die!¿ The rescue boats responded quickly and effectively to the situation as people started to panic and tried to jump from the boat. Babies and children were held in the air to alert the crew while parents cried out, ¿take the children, we have children on board!¿ The women and children were grabbed first and transferred into two Green
Tras el rescate de una embarcación averiada con 45 Afganos
A Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) and Greenpeace rescue team responded to a sinking rigid inflatable boat (rhib) carrying 45 Afghan refugees crossing from Turkey to the north shore of Lesvos, Greece. On arrival to the scene the poor quality inflatable was taking on water. The people on board were having problems with the outboard motor as it was poorly fitted and could not be restarted. It was soon obvious to the Greenpeace/MSF crew that the sponsons were rapidly losing air and the lives of the people were in immediate danger.
MSF is working in Croatia, in a transit camp near the border with Serbia (in Tovarnik) where refugees spend a day before being transferred to Hungary. In the camp, which hosts around 5000 people daily, MSF has opened up a clinic while it conducts mobile clinics at the border when needed and depending of the influx of refugees attempting to cross the border from Serbia. Medical teams are seeing patients with small traumas and wounds, respiratory infections (especially amongst children) and pregnant women.
MSF is working in Croatia, in a transit camp near the border with Serbia (in Tovarnik) where refugees spend a day before being transferred to Hungary. In the camp, which hosts around 5000 people daily, MSF has opened up a clinic while it conducts mobile clinics at the border when needed and depending of the influx of refugees attempting to cross the border from Serbia. Medical teams are seeing patients with small traumas and wounds, respiratory infections (especially amongst children) and pregnant women.
Bourbon Argos rescues in the Mediterranean (July-August 2015) 533 people sleep on the deck of the Borbon Argos after being rescued at sea by MSF in the Mediterranean.
Copyright: Christophe Stramba-Badiali/Haytham Pictures
26th August 2015. A boat containing approximately 650 people is rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Bourbon Argos and taken to Sicily, Italy.
Around 3,000 refugees were stranded in the border between Serbia and Croatia on October 19, waiting in a transit area with poor living conditions and under the rain. They could finally proceed to Croatia after the police opened the border.
A group of around 150 Syrians set off to cross the Greek border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), with the hope of being able to apply for refugee status in countries such as Germany or Sweden. The Greek border with the FYROM is increasingly under the control of people-smugglers, and is becoming less safe each day, so migrants try to cross the border in large groups so they can defend themselves.
Dignity Rescue July. 87 people, mainly from Senegal and Gambia rescued by the Dignity I, wait on the deck to be transferred to an Italian vessel that will take them to Sicily. Copyright: Anna Surinyach/MSF
87 people, mainly from Senegal and Gambia rescued by the Dignity I, wait on the deck to be transferred to an Italian vessel that will take them to Sicily.
Syrian refugees use empty cans to boil water make tea in Kara Tepe camp.
Kara Tepe Camp in Lesbos, Greece.
Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers are currently stranded in precarious conditions across several Greek islands, despite repeated calls since December 2014 by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to Greek authorities and the EU to address the lack of reception capacity. An MSF emergency response team has arrived in Lesbos - one of the two islands in Greece that actually has organised reception facilities, but where the system is on the edge of collapse. Syrian refugees use empty cans to boil water make tea in Kara Tepe camp. Copyright: Georgios Makkas/Panos Pictures
Refugees in Kos
Seven people from Pakistan arrive on the Greek island of Kos after rowing all night. Copyright: Alessandro Penso
Médicos Sin Fronteras y Greenpeace socorren a un embarcación frente a la isla griega de Lesbos. /MSF / Will Rose
26th August 2015. A young child is lifted from a boat containing approximately 650 people by Sebastian Stein (MSF Coordinator) during a rescue in the Mediterranean Sea by the Bourbon Argos. Copyright: Francesco Zizola/NOOR