Doctors of the World

🔴 Cyclone Gezani hit Madagascar on Tuesday evening, killing over 25 people and displacing thousands.

Our teams are on the ground providing emergency medical care, supporting health centres, and helping prevent disease in the hardest-hit communities. #CycloneGezani

Number of homeless refugees in England soars, BBC has found Analysis of government data shows numbers increased from 3,560 in 2021/22 to 19,310 in 2024/25.

Refugee homelessness has risen 400% in just four years.

Instead of fixing the crisis, the government is cutting support for people seeking asylum and refugees, leaving more people on the streets.

Safe housing is a human right & the Home Office is failing to protect it.

Midwife Fatuma Eba, who works in our health clinic, has seen the complications FGM causes during childbirth.

Education on its dangers is driving change, while our teams provide medicines and post-partum supplies to support expectant mothers. #EndFGM (2/2)🧵

230 million women worldwide live with the effects of Female Genital Mutilation.

This International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, we confront this serious human rights violation.

In Afar, Ethiopia, FGM is widespread. (1/2)🧵

Ban on asylum seekers using taxis for medical appointments comes into force It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost.

Just to be very clear, every single taxi journey to a medical appointment has ALWAYS required Home Office approval - both now and in the past.

All this article does is show the government taking credit for “fixing” a problem it created through poor management.

We may not have guns but we do have:

⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces
⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men
⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok
⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest
⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations.

This isn’t “just America.”

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Ukraine's parliament and half of Kyiv with no heating after Russian strikes President Zelensky says Russia has started using

Russia’s attacks have not stopped our teams from delivering life-saving humanitarian support. As strikes on energy infrastructure leave communities without electricity, water or heating during winter, this work is more crucial than ever.

International humanitarian aid must be respected.

Russia’s drone strikes have hit our Ukrainian warehouse.

After more than 300 drone attacks on Dnipro, Kyiv and Odesa, our materials warehouse sustained major damage. We are relieved to confirm that all local staff are safe, and that medical stocks remain intact.

UK’s ‘one in, one out’ scheme has failed to protect torture survivors, says charity Medical Justice report finds Home Office approach has led to ‘near total disregard for identified vulnerabilities’

Trafficking and torture survivors should never be detained ❌

The ‘one-in, one-out’ scheme is not a free pass to ignore medical advice or safeguarding. Detaining people who have survived severe trauma and abuse could have devastating consequences. @medicaljustice.org.uk

Fancy cycling through Belgium’s rolling countryside?

Take on 200km in 24 hours as part of a team of 3 or 4, supporting access to healthcare and medical aid worldwide.

📅 12–13 Sept | 📍Luxembourg, Belgium

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Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearing

Death and disease in Home Office asylum camps ⚠️

Overcrowding, filthy conditions, and lack of healthcare access led to diphtheria, scabies, and two lives tragically being lost. This is disgraceful. Those responsible must be held accountable.

One the many reasons we are calling to #CloseTheCamps.

UK powers to seize phones from migrants without arrest come into force The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.

After surviving a traumatic journey, a phone can be the only link to family, healthcare or emergency help.

Taking it away adds yet another loss to everything people seeking safety have been forced to leave behind.

Small boat death victims including girl, 8, named as dozens die in 2025 At least 36 people died making the perilous journey from France to the UK in 2025, charities estimate, with an eight-year-old girl among the victims - amid calls to record all small boat deaths

Every single one of these deaths was preventable.

Safe routes save lives.

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The deregistration of INGOs in Gaza and the West Bank violates civilian rights under international humanitarian law.

We stand with 52 aid organisations demanding an end to the Israeli Government's halt of life-saving aid, denying emergency medical assistance.

Humanitarian access is not optional.

Thank you for your support in 2025 💙

Because of you, our medical teams provided care to people in 70+ countries, often in the toughest humanitarian crises.

Your support ensures healthcare reaches the people who need it most, even when systems are stretched. Here’s to #2026! 🎉

🚨Breaking: Russia's attack on #Ukraine kills 3, injures 11, and regions left without power.

600+ drones and 30+ missiles were launched, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure as temperatures drop to -8°C.

💙Our teams continue to provide emergency aid in mobile units and health facilities.

Violence, terror and death. That's the reality facing far too many people on the France/UK border.

The UK needs to understand its role in funding this violence - so we can stop it.

Tell your MP to back calls for an inquiry and an end to criminalisation:
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UK asylum proposals harm health and human rights Antimigrant rhetoric distracts from crises of poverty, housing, and health The Labour government’s proposed changes to the asylum system, published in the policy document Restoring Order and Control ...

We stand with @bmj.com against proposed changes to the UK asylum system.

As health workers, we must speak up when policies put people’s health at risk. Weakening refugee protections & fuelling divisive narratives won’t unite the country - it will only benefit those who profit from keeping us apart.

Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care Campaigners call for quarterly data to be published in line with other departments instead of FoI route

🚨People are dying in the hostile asylum system.

Tragically, lives are being lost. But we don't know how many, and often, who.

We must #KnowTheirNames.

@asylummatters.bsky.social

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We took the French government to court - and WE WON. But the work isn’t over.

The court ruled that living conditions in Dunkirk camps are illegal and inhumane, ordering urgent action. But basic healthcare is still missing. We have appealed to push for its inclusion.

@humansforrights.bsky.social

Folkestone barracks housing asylum seekers has closure date set Napier Barracks in Folkestone is closing on 19 December, the BBC understands.

So the plan is to close one ‘fundamentally unsuitable’ barracks… only to open more? The same prison-like, isolating conditions that harm people’s health and wellbeing don't magically improve with a new postcode. #CloseTheCamps

Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Seeker Military 'Warehousing' Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions

Shipping people off to military land in the middle of nowhere does nothing to solve the problems in our asylum system.

It's a completely failed experiment in expensive cruelty - it shouldn't be delayed, it should be cancelled completely.

WE DID IT! Together, we’ve raised over £18,000 to help people in need.

Thanks to our wonderful supporters, we have exceeded our @biggive.bsky.social target.

Because of you, we’re able to make accessible, equitable healthcare a reality for more people across the UK. Thank you! 💙

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Jobs and Volunteering roles - Doctors of the World Visit the Doctors of the World online jobs site to search and apply for the latest rewarding jobs and volunteering roles.

📢 We’re searching for our next Executive Director!

This role will lead our strategy, programmes and operations, and be a powerful voice for universal access to healthcare.

🗓 Deadline: 15 December 2025

Full details on how to apply here ⬇️

Before, during, and after a crisis - we are there.

When systems fail and people are left without healthcare - in conflict zones, asylum camps, after climate disasters, or on migration routes - we step in.

For 45 years, we have stood with people in need, and we'll never turn away.

Any money spent on taxis is a result of a Home Office decision, not the choices of people seeking safety. Moving people to remote camps will only make it harder for them to access healthcare.

Here are the real solutions ⬇️ #CommunitiesNotCamps

There have NEVER been ‘unrestricted’ taxis for asylum seekers. Travel to medical appointments has ALWAYS required Home Office approval.

Many of the people we support miss urgent care because they can't get there. UK Gov must stop scapegoating people for its poor management ➡️ tinyurl.com/fzsk3aen

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We're so grateful for any support you can give.