Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find a \u2018positive solution\u2019 soon.<\/p>\n
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The medical organisation Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) has said it was ordered to leave Libya by November 9, with no reason given for its expulsion.<\/p>\n
MSF had already been forced to suspend its activities in the country in March, and said in a statement on Wednesday that it was told to leave in a recent letter from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cNo reason has been given to justify our expulsion and the process remains unclear,\u201d Steve Purbrick, who heads MSF\u2019s programmes in Libya, said in the statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that MSF still has an important role to play in Libya, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, in supporting the Libyan health system, but also in providing access to healthcare for refugees and migrants who are excluded from care and subject to arbitrary detention and serious violence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
We have been ordered to leave Libya by 9 November. Our expulsion comes without justification and follows an initial suspension of our activities in the country beginning in March this year.<\/p>\n
We deeply regret this decision and hope to find a positive solution:\u2026<\/p>\n