Ventilators for Europeans, Soap for Africans? One of the more common platitudes about Covid-19 is the myth of the Coronavirus as ‘the great leveler’, infecting world leaders and bus drivers […]
The War on Terror is a war fought today by multiple states from the US to Russia and from Syria to Saudi Arabia. Within these wars, the hospital is part […]
Drones do not have a good reputation. The technical advantages of such technology for humanitarian purposes are clear: conflict zones, and difficult to reach places in any disaster, could be […]
An entire population is trapped in what is essentially an open-air prison. They can’t leave and only the most limited supplies – essential for basic survival – are allowed to […]
The ‘humanitarian community’ is as much of a myth as the ‘international community’, suggesting a central set of values or a coordinated leadership that does not exist. In short, neither […]
Since 2004, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has provided medical and psychosocial support for asylum seekers and migrants held in immigration detention facilities across Europe (in Greece, Malta, Italy and Belgium), […]