MSF to EU: “Your fences kill. Provide safe and legal passage.”

MSF to EU: “Your fences kill. Provide safe and legal passage.”
http://www.msf.org/article/eu-your-fences-kill-provide-safe-and-legal-passage
To stir Europe's conscience on the refugee crisis, MSF sent not only an open letter sent to leaders of Switzerland, Norway, FYROM, Serbia and the president of the European Commission, but also a lifejacket belonging to one of the 15,000 people MSF has rescued since May.

MSF wrote: “This poor quality life vest was the only security a man, woman or child had whilst trying to cross the sea to Europe. These jackets sometimes feature handwritten prayers for a safe passage, or phone numbers of relatives and friends to be contacted in case the person wearing it does not make it. This is a reminder that the people embarking on these journeys are fully aware of the risks they are undertaking, and the sheer desperation motivating them to put themselves and their families in so much danger.”

While treating everything from hypothermia and dehydration to septic shock, pneumonia and wounds inflicted by abuse and violence, the aid organization put EU leaders on notice: “…all of our work amounts to filling the gaps left by states unwilling or unable to fulfill their responsibilities.”
MSF (http://www.msf.org/article/eu-your-fences-kill-provide-safe-and-legal-passage)