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MSF Staff Fired Over Alleged Refugee Sex Abuse in Chad

Is MSF a model of accountability or an institution that protected itself at refugees' expense?

Published JUN 16

MSF Staff Fired Over Alleged Refugee Sex Abuse in Chad

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Above: The Doctors Without Borders Paris Hospital in Tawila, Sudan, on Feb. 25. Image credit: Giles Clarke/Avaaz via Getty Images

The Spin

Narrative A

MSF takes misconduct seriously and has state-of-the-art systems in place to protect the vulnerable communities under its care. When abuse was found in Chad, the organization launched a full investigation, dismissed 18 staff members and barred them from future employment. That's accountability in action, not an internal cover-up.

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins sans frontières)

Narrative B

MSF spent over 11 months sitting on findings that showed 59 allegations of abuse, including sexual exploitation of underage girls and aid-for-sex schemes in Chad. The refusal to go public with its findings exposes it as an institution more preoccupied with protecting itself than its refugees, utterly undermining its moral authority.

Pamela Geller on X Geller Report