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A calais, l'Etat légitimise la violence envers les exilés

In Calais, Pantin, and Marseille, we are working with migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, including unaccompanied minors. We run shelters in Pantin and Marseille, and provide emergency shelter in the wintertime in Calais.

Our activities in 2023 in France

Data and information from the International Activity Report 2023

MSF in France in 2023 In response to the French government’s hardening stance on migration, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) expanded activities to assist migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees across France.
France IAR map 2023

Throughout the year, MSF continued to provide general healthcare and psychosocial services to people on the move, with a focus on unaccompanied minors.

In Calais, we started conducting medical and psychological consultations for people living in makeshift camps. In July, we opened a day centre for unaccompanied minors, where we offered medical and psychological support, as well as psychosocial and recreational activities. During the winter months, when northern France was hit by extremely harsh weather, we launched an emergency shelter programme.

In Pantin, on the outskirts of Paris, we provided unaccompanied minors with medical, psychological, social and legal support. We also ran a 20-bed shelter to accommodate minors in particularly vulnerable situations, and offered financial and logistical support to a 10-bed shelter for girls. In addition, we sent mobile teams to ensure access to healthcare for people living on the streets or in unsafe buildings.

In Marseille, we scaled up our assistance to unaccompanied minors. As well as providing multidisciplinary support in our 20-bed shelter, we started conducting medical consultations in squats and camps.

In light of a controversial new immigration bill that further undermines migrants’ and refugees’ rights in France, we publicly alerted the government and health authorities to the dire consequences that restrictions on access to healthcare have on foreign nationals living in precarious conditions.
 

in 2023
 
A rubber boat leaving the French coasts to the UK
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF offers temporary shelter for people stuck in dire conditions in Calais

Press Release 6 Feb 2024
 
Maïté*, 20-year-old woman from Guinea Conakry
Italy

Denied Passage: The struggle of people stranded at the Italian-French border

Report 4 Aug 2023
 
composition of 4 silhoutte images
France

At home: Unaccompanied minors in France

Documentary 23 Jan 2023
 
MSF provides medical assistance in Covid+ centres in Paris and the suburbs
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

MSF supports nursing home staff as urgent appeal for medical personnel in France launched

Project Update 11 Nov 2020
 
MSF provides medical assistance in Covid+ centres in Paris and the suburbs
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

High COVID-19 rates found among people living in extreme hardship in Paris

Press Release 6 Oct 2020
 
MSF intervention in care homes
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Out of view, but not out of mind: MSF's response to COVID-19 in care homes

Project Update 24 Apr 2020