MSF provides assistance in the United States (US) during times of national emergency, such as during Hurricane Sandy, or the COVID-19 pandemic.
MSF provided emergency medical and mental healthcare in New York and New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
Our teams responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in several states across the US, including New York, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Arizona, and New Mexico.
In August 2024, we began supporting nonprofit groups that are bringing humanitarian aid to migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border by traversing the Sonoran Desert into Arizona. We handed over these activities shortly thereafter.
2002
2002
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
Vulnerable communities in the US in urgent need of protection from COVID-19
Project Update
24 Apr 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic
US must include asylum seekers in COVID-19 response, rather than shut border
Press Release
27 Mar 2020
Central American migration
Escaping violence into danger – no way out for Central American migrants
Press Release
11 Feb 2020
Central American migration
Report: No way out - The humanitarian crisis for Central American migrants and asylum seekers
Report
11 Feb 2020
Central American migration
The devastating toll of 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy one year later
Press Release
29 Jan 2020
Central American migration
Northern Mexican city too dangerous to send back people seeking asylum
Press Release
3 Jul 2019