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Nijole Slapsinskaite, infirmière MSF dans le camp de Medinkaki en Lituanie. ©Diala Ghassan/MSF

    In Lithuania, we work with people on the move.

    Our teams provide basic healthcare and mental health support to migrants and asylum seekers who have crossed the border from Belarus, and who have usually been subjected to violence and abuse.


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