Posts tagged syria

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/help-us-find-safe-path-refugees-plea-greece photos by Alex Yallop

Piman was an English teacher in Syria before fleeing her home. “Today we find ourselves in this small tent, sleeping on the floor and waiting 30 minutes to go to the toilet.” Thousands are stranded in conditions that now bear all the hallmarks of an unsustainable humanitarian crisis: Listen to this mum’s plea.

When hearing a jet engine, how are they to know whether the plane brings food or bombs? Or both?
Michiel Hofman, senior humanitarian specialist for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Op-Ed: http://bit.ly/1Q5PvCT 

Stop. Bombing. Hospitals.

http://bit.ly/216Ih8H

Syria: Escalation of Conflict in Azaz District Could Have Dire Consequences

Many of the new arrivals have been uprooted again and again because the front lines are moving, and some are on the run because of constant air raids. 

This is Not a Game http://bit.ly/1S2yP2S They face razor wire fences, closed borders, and intimidating soldiers and police forces from Turkey through most of the Balkans; highly dangerous sea crossings to Italy or Greece; squalid and inhumane...
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This is Not a Game http://bit.ly/1S2yP2S 

They face razor wire fences, closed borders, and intimidating soldiers and police forces from Turkey through most of the Balkans; highly dangerous sea crossings to Italy or Greece; squalid and inhumane reception conditions; and complicated and ever-changing registration procedures

Never before has MSF had so many projects in Europe, never before has MSF decided to mobilize three search and rescue ships at sea to save lives, and never before has it been more urgent for European governments to step up to their international obligations and assist these people whose lives are at risk.

Looking back to the migration crisis in 2015 through the excerpt of the letter “Sorry I Drowned” written by a Syrian survivor of the crossing at sea, for his friend who drowned. http://bit.ly/1PosDxc

“I’m sorry, my love, because I have built a house of illusions – a beautiful wooden hut, like those we saw in the movies. A poor hut, but far from bombs, sectarianism, and ethnic violence…”

Thank You from MSF in 2015!

2015 was an unprecedented year of humanitarian emergencies- While you are watching this, our teams are saving lives in a crisis somewhere. On behalf of our patients and staff- thank you!

(via Molly Crabapple’s Heartbreaking Portraits of Syrian Refugees) “As I worked, the Syrian refugee crisis dominated the news. Countless refugees would start their journeys in Domiz. In collaboration with MSF, I drew portraits of some of these families. Over five days, I drew MSF’s maternity clinic, where they helped 660 mothers give birth in the first half of 2015, as well as their mental health groups and community outreach.”

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Without pause & without mercy, the war continues. What Syrian Refugees face: http://reachofwar.msf.org/

Thanks to all who came out to support us as we mourn the deaths of our colleagues and patients killed in the U.S. attack on our hospital one month ago in Kunduz. “Our call for an #independentinvestigation is about being able to care for people trapped amidst wars in Afghanistan, Yemen, Ukraine, Syria, and beyond. As we grieve, we continue to fight back for the respect of the Geneva Conventions. We are fighting back for the sake of our patients”. https://www.change.org/p/tell-president-obama-to-consent-to-independent-investigation-of-kunduz-hospital-bombing

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Hospital badly damaged by shelling. Still a Syrian medical team keeps working there, in the basement. MSF supports this facility with drugs and medical material

Mass Grave of the Mediterranean on Flipboard

Categorizations of “migrants,” “refugees,” or “asylum seekers” do not adequately or fairly describe the reality that pushes people to embark on long and dangerous journeys. Many people are fleeing war, oppression, and torture. Others are fleeing poverty, persecution, and human rights violations. All want a safer and better life. The world is faced with the worst displacement crisis since World War II. 

Hope For War-Wounded Patients Needing Reconstructive Surgery

“This hospital has become a second home for me; I’ve made more friends here from the other patients than I have in Iraq. We get to watch football matches on TV. I support Real Madrid and I will always do so” - 15 year old Ahmad was injured when an ambushed car a few meters from his school building exploded.

Any use of chemical weapons constitutes an extremely severe violation of international humanitarian law. It adds one more degree of suffering to a population who are already bearing the consequences of the worst humanitarian crisis in recent years.”...

Any use of chemical weapons constitutes an extremely severe violation of international humanitarian law. It adds one more degree of suffering to a population who are already bearing the consequences of the worst humanitarian crisis in recent years.” - MSF program manager Pablo Marco, on Syrian civilian exposure to chemical agents.

Photo by Nicole Tung “The violence has forced so many people to lead entire lives underground; schools, hospitals, [and] homes are all below ground level. Our home is on the second floor and only last Thursday the building was hit by shelling. Fear...

Photo by Nicole Tung

“The violence has forced so many people to lead entire lives underground; schools, hospitals, [and] homes are all below ground level. Our home is on the second floor and only last Thursday the building was hit by shelling. Fear is dictating our lives, but while I’m alive I choose to live above ground.” Read more from Doctor E., a surgeon working in northern Homs, Syria: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/article/syria-endless-night-getting-darker-and-darker