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Laura Leyser appointed new MSF International Secretary General | MSF MSF International has appointed former MSF Austria General Director Laura Leyser as the new Secretary General, effective 1 March 2026.

We are pleased to welcome Laura Leyser as the new Secretary General of MSF International as of 1 March 2026.

Since our founding in 1971, we’ve grown to a global movement delivering emergency medical care in over 70 countries. Thanks to our 7 million individual donors, we provide care where it’s needed.

Three years ago, at least 94 people, including 35 children, died near Italy in what is known as the Cutro shipwreck.

Humane and rational migration policies are possible, and there is now a rare chance for accountability.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OwsMud

Valeria Taurino / SOS MEDITERRANEE

Three years ago, on 26 February 2023, a wooden boat crashed against the rocks and sank a few meters from the shore of #Cutro, Italy. 94 people died, including at least 35 children. The boat had been detected hours earlier without any appropriate reaction from authorities.

Since the ceasefire agreement on Oct. 10, 2025, the #GazaStrip is divided by a dangerous, ambiguous and ever-expanding “yellow line” controlled by the Israeli military. One side of the line is under Israeli military control pushing people of #Gaza into the remaining 42 per cent.

📢At least 606 people seeking safety in Europe have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean sea since January 2026. This is considered the deadliest start to a year in over a decade, according to @unmigration.bsky.social.

More than 600 people have died trying to cross Mediterranean in 2026, UN says Deadliest start to a year in more than a decade, according to the International Organization for Migration

Deadliest start to a year!

"A least 606 people trying to reach Europe in search of refugee have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean since the beginning of 2026, marking the 'deadliest start to a year' in more than a decade"

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

📢The Genoa Civil Tribunal has definitively annulled the sanctions imposed on the Geo Barents,
@msf.org's former rescue vessel, in September 2024. These sanctions had already been suspended in October 2024.

Once again, justice has affirmed our rescue duty!

Logistics Team Leader

🚨 Join MSF's Search & Rescue operation in the Mediterranean! Become our Logistics Team Leader in Sicily.
Manage supply chains, support SAR operations, ensure lifesaving operations run smoothly.

Apply by 28 February: searchandrescue.msf.org/jobs/logisti...

Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator

🚨 We're hiring a Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator to lead advocacy on Search & Rescue operations around Central Mediterranean migration.

Shape strategy, engage civil society, amplify voices. Italian speakers preferred!
Apply: searchandrescue.msf.org/jobs/humanit...

MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine | MSF Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, ...

After months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of assurances regarding the safety of our staff we have concluded that we will not share a list of Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities.

www.msf.org/msf-statemen...

❗Ensure migration policies uphold life, dignity & human rights, in line with maritime law.
❗Guarantee access to adequate healthcare, incl. specialised & mental health support for survivors of violence and torture.

MSF urges Greek & EU authorities to:

❗End violent deterrence practices that put lives at risk.
❗Allow unhindered humanitarian & medical access in all reception, detention & border sites.

Since 2015, MSF teams in Lesvos have been providing primary healthcare, mental health support, sexual & reproductive health services, outreach, and emergency medical assistance to people arriving by boat. 🧵

It’s been almost three years of war in #Sudan. Our Sudanese colleagues lost homes, loved ones and peace of mind but every day, they still show up to care for others.

Watch our staff share their stories and read more about their journeys: https://ow.ly/Am1p50XWZaT

#TalkAboutSudan

During the public consultation, @msf.org called for:

🛑 immediate removal of NGO membership as an aggravating factor
🛡️ explicit protection of humanitarian work from criminal penalties.

Humanitarian aid is not a crime but a right, and criminalising it is a deliberate political choice‼️

It goes even further: criminal proceedings against just one NGO member can allow the Minister of Migration to delete the NGO from the official register, even before any conviction.

This violates EU and international law, ignores repeated recommendations from national and international bodies, and comes at a time of deadly shipwrecks and worsening humanitarian crises at Greece’s borders.

Cooperation, not criminalization, is what is needed.

By making NGO membership an aggravating factor, it exposes aid workers to up to 10 years in prison and heavy fines for simply:
🛟 saving lives
🚑 providing medical care, or
❤️‍🩹 supporting people seeking asylum.

🧵We are witnessing a worrying global trend: attacks on NGOs.

Greece is no exception!

Solidarity and humanitarian aid are not crimes, yet the new migration law criminalises humanitarian work.

Seeking safety is not a crime.

This is winter in Gaza. People are facing torrential rain and heavy winds while living in makeshift shelters.

All the while Israel continues to block or delay the entry of vital supplies like tents, tarpaulins, and temporary housing.

Civilians must be protected as violence forces suspension of activities in Bel Air, Haiti | MSF An alarming escalation of clashes between armed groups and the police in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has killed one person and forced the suspension of activities.

An alarming escalation of clashes between armed groups and the police in the Bel Air neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has killed one person and forced the suspension of activities. 

In 2025, we marked 10 years of @msf.ca in Lesvos. A decade of care, solidarity and standing with people seeking safety. We celebrated with a photo exhibition and a public discussion with the local community. Our commitment remains the same: quality care for all and defending human dignity.

Since January 2025, our mobile clinics in 5 different locations in Aswan have provided:

🟢7,265 general consultations
🟢6,600 for non-communicable diseases
🟢1,470 mental health sessions
🟢2,440 health promotion activities

“While I do have access to the public services as an Egyptian woman, I prefer to come here as I receive all my medications for free,” says Heba, an Egyptian mother of seven.
“It helps me save some money for my family, instead of paying at the pharmacy.”

For many Sudanese and Egyptians alike, living costs are increasing, adding more pressure on them to continue feeding their families. While more Egyptians are now coming to receive care in our mobile clinics, most of the patients remain Sudanese.

“We see a lot of patients who suffer from anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder due to their pasts. What they went through, in Sudan or on their journey here, and the uncertainty of their current lives.” says Moses Luhanga, @msf.ca health promotion activity manager.

Khaled is one of 1.5M Sudanese living in Egypt, many fleeing the war since 2023.

For many Sudanese, their legal status often determines their freedom of movement and access to healthcare, as they fear intimidation or violent reactions.

🧵“We had a comfortable life in Sudan and leaving it was very difficult. But it was our only option,” says Khaled, who is from Al-Jazirah, Sudan, but is now living in Aswan, Egypt.

“Our home country is left without healthcare, older people like me can't stay long without it.”