Migrant Route Augusta Italy 2014

MSF has set up a tent clinic at the port of Augusta, providing 24 hour medical care to the new arrivals. The majority of the medical problems the MSF team encounters are related to the journey people undertake to leave their countries: minor traumas due to unsafe trip conditions, skin diseases due to lack of hygiene (for example in detention centres in Libya), respiratory tract infections, dehydration, gastrointestinal problems due to the quality of water and food.

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Migrants & Refugees: Route Augusta Sicily, Italy 2014

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB12907

Date taken / Date Recorded 16/09/2014 12:00 AM

Country Italy

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Ikram N'gadi

Copyright Ikram N'gadi

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Additional Information / Shotlist War and protracted crises, including the violent chaos engulfing Libya, have forced an unprecedented number of people to take the sea as the only option to reach Europe. This is the most dangerous of all migration routes, not only because of the risk of dying at sea, but also for the extreme violence often experienced along the way, especially for the most vulnerable – women and children.

This summer an unprecedented number of people have arrived on Italian shores. Since January 2014, more than 130.000 people have travelled by sea to Italy with 90% leaving from Libya. According to UNHCR figures, more than 50% are fleeing war and persecution, with Eritreans (29%) and Syrians (18%) the main nationalities of those arriving. Despite the Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation, at least 2,500 people have died at sea or gone missing, including 1,300 since June, demonstrating that the Central Mediterranean route remains extremely dangerous.