Migration: Moving Beyond Crisis

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have been responding to the needs of refugees throughout our 50-year history, but we are now facing an unprecedented global crisis. According to the United Nations refugee agency, there are now 79.5 million forcibly displaced people around the world—more than at any time in modern history. Millions more go uncounted and unprotected.    The global refugee crisis is being made worse by government policies that only add to the suffering. In recent years, MSF teams have witnessed the terrible human costs of US and European policies to turn away vulnerable people looking for protection. We have repeatedly undertaken lifesaving search and rescue operations on the Mediterranean Sea, as governments in the region abandoned their responsibilities and left people to drown. We are providing aid to families in refugee camps that were never meant to become permanent homes—from Kenya’s Dadaab camp to the Kutupalong settlement in Bangladesh.    MSF teams are constantly adapting our approach to provide medical and mental health services to people on the move. We also work with refugee communities to ensure they have a say over their future, and help amplify their stories and their demands.    Join our conversation on Thursday, June 17, as we look ahead to World Refugee Day and the future of the global response to the growing humanitarian emergency. Our panel of experts will include Sergio Martín, head of mission for MSF in Mexico, and Aurélie Ponthieu, coordinator of MSF’s forced migration team based in Brussels. Kavita Menon, editorial director for MSF-USA, will moderate the discussion.  Ring the bell to be notified when we go live or visit https://bit.ly/3ve6EWc to learn more and RSVP. Make sure you don’t miss weekly video updates and ongoing series about our work in crisis zones across the world. Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/BtzdsR Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières helps people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care. Learn more at https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/BtzdsR Like us on Facebook:   / doctorswithoutborders   Follow us on Instagram:   / doctorswithoutborders   Follow us on Twitter:   / msf_usa   Connect with us on LinkedIn:   / m-decins-sans-fronti-res-msf-   Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org...