The death of 61 people, who drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Libyan shores during the night between 14 and 15 December, was a completely preventable tragedy and once again shows the consequences of Europe’s murderous policies of non-assistance.

Two months into the war, Israel’s unrelenting, indiscriminate strikes on Gaza have turned the north of the Strip into a pile of rubble and are now pounding the Middle Area and the south with increasing brutality.

Dans une lettre ouverte aux eurodéputés et dirigeants européens engagés dans les négociations, MSF exhorte les gouvernements à changer de cap et à donner la priorité à des politiques plus humaines.

On the morning of 14 December, ahead of the European Council meeting taking place in Brussels until 15 December, the Luxembourg section of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) met to call for an urgent and lasting humanitarian ceasefire that could lead to an end to hostilities.