Doctors Without Borders, formally known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), announced today “it will end medical activities in Tripoli”, where it has been providing healthcare to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees held in detention centres. MSF explained that its decision to close medical activities in Tripoli “follows an extensive review of our humanitarian responses globally and a process of financial reprioritisation.”“The announcement is made against the backdrop of access issues that have affected our medical activities in Tripoli along with an increasingly challenging environment for international organisations in the country,” it said. The closure of our medical activities will end assistance to people in detention centres in Tripoli. Djoen Besselink, MSF operations manager, said he and his team “had to take the difficult decision to end our medical activities in Tripoli, knowing that this will have an impact on people’s access to medical care. While MSF’s activities in Tripoli ends today, Besselink pointed out that the organization will continue to work in Misrata and Zuwara.
