Journal Article > LetterFull Text
BMJ. 2024 September 12; Volume 386; q2002.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.q2002
Burnett A, Katona C, McCann S, Mostafanejad R, Yfantis A
BMJ. 2024 September 12; Volume 386; q2002.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.q2002
Journal Article > CommentaryFull Text
BMJ. 2021 November 30; Volume 375; n2962.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.n2962
McCann S
BMJ. 2021 November 30; Volume 375; n2962.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.n2962
Technical Report > Policy Brief
Benvenuti B, Marshall-Denton C, McCann S, MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières)
2024 February 21; DOI:10.57740/JVOW8383
This report considers the health and humanitarian consequences of violent policies and practices on people moving along EU migration routes. It details findings from MSF medical humanitarian operations in 12 countries in Europe and Africa, as well as in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Taking stock of MSF operational experiences between August 2021 and September 2023, and drawing upon routine medical and operational data from MSF project and accounts from MSF patients and medical teams during that period, the report highlights how, at every step of people’s migration journey towards and within the EU, their health, wellbeing and dignity have been systematically undermined by the interlinking violent policies and practices embedded in EU and EU member state policies.
Journal Article > CommentaryFull Text
BMJ. 2023 March 17; Volume 17 (Issue 380); 642.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.p642
McCann S
BMJ. 2023 March 17; Volume 17 (Issue 380); 642.; DOI:10.1136/bmj.p642
Journal Article > CommentaryFull Text
Lancet. 2020 February 1; Volume 395 (Issue 10225); 668-670.; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33175-7
Orcutt M, Mussa R, Hiam L, Veizis A, McCann S, et al.
Lancet. 2020 February 1; Volume 395 (Issue 10225); 668-670.; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)33175-7
Restrictive migration policies that deny migrants and asylum seekers their right to health—a fundamental right enshrined in universal human rights declarations and treaties since 1948—are increasingly prevalent globally. They are the result of the so-called migration crisis that is a politically made humanitarian crisis. States are criminalising people who are in some of the most vulnerable situations, often also denying their right to seek asylum and right to health. Such policies are particularly apparent in situations of indefinite containment, such as on the Greek Islands (Chios, Kos, Leros, Lesvos, and Samos), where people are contained in EU-supported hotspot facilities in overcrowded, unhealthy, and undignified conditions.