If we allow our humanity to be undermined by allowing people to drown at sea on our coasts, or by allowing lifesaving healthcare to be withheld, we risk turning our backs on the most vulnerable as well as the principles by which we provide healthcare”.

                                                                              Lucy Jones, Director of Programmes

In 2019, thousands of people still face a difficult choice between living through conflict, persecution or violence, or making a perilous journey to make a safe home. Away from their family and alone, they face great risks en route and lack essential medical advice and support along the way.

Our doctors work with refugees everywhere, including the UK and in informal camps in Calais and Dunkirk, where up to 1,600 people still live. They are regularly evicted from makeshift settlements, and police take their tents and personal items such as food, medication, and phones. People are exhausted, stressed, angry, and with the constant evictions have no personal space to retreat to, rest and be at peace. 

They live with little support and in very difficult circumstances:

• 60% Don’t have sufficient access to drinking water 
• 80% don’t have access to a shower & 87% don’t have access to toilets
• >50% report that they haven’t received medical care when they experienced a health issue
• Around 52% said they don’t have enough to eat

We need your support today to help doctors in the camps and our clinics find and treat pregnant women, cancer sufferers and those who need even basic healthcare and who are ill.