Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Lobbying Organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Date published 21 May, 2018

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2018 to 30 Apr, 2018

Specific Details Update on the conditions faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in official Libyan Detention Centres. Update on search and rescue operations conducted in the Mediterranean Sea by MSF and wider European policies in this area.

Intended results To raise debate and engagement about the conditions faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya and the humanitarian consequences of interceptions at sea and European policies of migration management.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Dónal Gorman and MSF nurse Aoife Ní Mhurchú

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (2-5)

Update on the conditions faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya. Search and rescue operations conducted in the Mediterranean Sea by MSF and the humanitarian consequences of European policies in this area.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Maureen O'Sullivan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)