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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.

 
IDPs Gathering Site in Kassala, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Displaced by war, people in eastern Sudan urgently need food, water and shelter

Project Update 26 Mar 2024
 
Rescue 2 - Rotation 54
Mediterranean migration

MSF rescue ship detained in Italy following threats by Libyan Coast Guard

Press Release 22 Mar 2024
 
Collective Shelter for IDPs in Saida, South Lebanon
Lebanon

Five months into border conflict, displaced people’s needs are on the rise

Project Update 21 Mar 2024
 
Rescue 1 - Rotation 54
Mediterranean migration

EU-sponsored shameful abuse in the Central Mediterranean must end

Press Release 20 Mar 2024
 
Water crisis in Metche camp for Sudanese refugees and returnees in Chad
Chad

Urgent action needed as hepatitis E spreads through Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

Press Release 15 Mar 2024
 
Violences and displacement in North Kivu
Democratic Republic of Congo

Massive humanitarian response needed to avoid health catastrophe in DRC

Interview 12 Mar 2024
 
Migrants in transit in ECuador, Colombia y Panama
Panama

MSF forced to suspend medical care for people on the move in Panama

Press Release 7 Mar 2024
 
Violence continues displacing and traumatising thousands in Cabo Delgado
Mozambique

Violence continues to displace and traumatise thousands in Cabo Delgado

Project Update 4 Mar 2024
 
Acute humanitarian crisis at the Belarusian borders with the EU
Belarus

Two years of response to the acute humanitarian crisis at EU’s eastern borders

Project Update 28 Feb 2024
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