Point de vue

Rony Brauman aborde le sujet des camps de réfugiés et leur transformation, au fil du temps, en véritables entités urbaines. Cet article a été publié dans le numéro 366 d'Alternatives Economiques.

At the core of humanitarian action is the notion of humanity between humans, which leads to an inherent and inevitable struggle with real moral dilemmas. It means showing solidarity to one person and having to explain to another why you can't make resources available to them.

Trois mois après l'accord UE-Turquie sur les migrants, MSF a décidé, le 17 juin dernier, de renoncer aux fonds de l'UE afin de protester contre sa politique migratoire. Cette décision a entraîné des débats internes au sein de MSF.

Jean-Hervé Bradol, director of studies at MSF-CRASH, discusses the humanitarian emergency left in the wake of Boko Haram's occupation of Borno State, Nigeria.

Le 17 juin 2016, MSF a annoncé qu'elle refuserait, dorénavant, les financements de l'Union européenne et de ses Etats membres « dont les politiques [migratoires] font du mal aux personnes ».

La journée mondiale des réfugiés aura été l'occasion d'un rappel quasi-unanime du cynisme des politiques européennes en matière d'immigration et d'asile : la dissuasion au prix du sacrifice de milliers de personnes comme seule politique d'accueil de gens qui fuient la guerre, les persécutions ou des conditions de vie qu'ils jugent intenables.

We welcome Abby Stoddard, Katherine Haver and Adele Harmer's response to our critical article on the production and the use of security data in the humanitarian sector and to our book in general. In a field that has been very much lacking debate, if not controversies, we're extremely glad to see a various range of readers engaging in the discussion. 

Michaël Neuman warns that misleading data are suggesting humanitarian aid work has become more dangerous, taking particular aim at the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD) for helping perpetuate this myth. 

Michaël Neuman, co-editor of "Saving Lives and Staying Alive. Humanitarian Security in the Age of Risk Management" responds to Chris Lockyear and Andrew Cunningham's review of the book.

Andrew Cunningham, currently an independent humanitarian researcher and analyst and Chris Lockyear, the Director of Operations for ACF USA and a former Operations Manager for MSF Operational Center Amsterdam (MSF-OCA), have sent the following response to "Saving lives and Staying alive". Let the debate live!

This post was published as a reaction to the attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that took place on October 3rd, 2015.

Should eventual transition from internationally managed programmes to national ownership always be a relevant and/or realistic goal?