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Refugees in Bosnia

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Nearly 90 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced at the end of 2021, and over 100 million people are estimated to be displaced in 2022, according to UNHCR.

The number of people who have been forcibly displaced is now more than double the number 10 years ago, and the most since World War II. There are many reasons for flight, including war, persecution, conflict, natural disaster, destitution and repression.

With health and well-being jeopardized, the lives of the most vulnerable can be at risk. The majority are internally displaced people (IDPs), meaning they haven't crossed a border and have stayed within their country.

MSF teams work alongside people on the move at their points of arrival or during the treacherous journeys they undertake, inside and outside their countries.

 
MSF activities in Kule healthcare centre
Ethiopia

Providing medical care to people across Ethiopia

Project Update 23 Dec 2022
 
Flooding in Old Fangak
South Sudan

Catastrophic floods cause mass displacement and humanitarian crisis

Project Update 19 Dec 2022
 
Forest - Tracks in the snow (01)
Lithuania

People repeatedly repelled at Lithuania and Latvia borders face increased suffering

Press Release 15 Dec 2022
 
Returning home - displaced people in Bria - CAR
Central African Republic

After years of conflict, displaced people struggle to return home in Bria

Project Update 13 Dec 2022
 
Additional tents set up at the MSF cholera treatment centre in Munigi
Democratic Republic of Congo

Cholera rising among displaced people in precarious conditions

Project Update 13 Dec 2022
 
Floods in N'Djamena area
Chad

Chad floods deepen humanitarian crisis with high risk of disease outbreaks

Project Update 5 Dec 2022
 
MSF mobile clinic in the Closed Control Access Centre in Zervou, Samos.
Greece

Closed centres for refugees on Greek islands exacerbate psychological trauma

Project Update 30 Nov 2022
 
Cholera in NW Syria, MSF responses
Syria

Combatting cholera amidst displacement and the remnants of war

Project Update 22 Nov 2022
 
Muciniecki immigrant detention centre
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Serious medical issues caused by unlawful detention of migrants in Latvia

Press Release 15 Nov 2022
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