MSF files defamation complaint against British far-right group

Aid group MSF claims their workers were insulted in northern France last year after giving medical care to people who had survived crossing the English Channel in a boat. AFP - SAMEER AL-DOUMY

Aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) has filed a complaint for defamation against a British far-right group after one of its teams was verbally attacked in northern France last year while returning from an assignment to assist migrants.

The organisation said the incident happened on 5 December near Grand-Fort-Philippe as staff were returning from a medical outreach mission to people who had survived attempts to cross the English Channel.