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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.

 
People in line at a water point in Transit Centre in Renk
South Sudan

Aid woefully inadequate for returnees stuck in deplorable conditions in Renk

Press Release 3 Oct 2023
 
MSF supporting the measles vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Health in the Um Sangour camp, White Nile state, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Overwhelming needs in White Nile as conflict pushes people to limit

Voices from the Field 28 Sep 2023
 
Am Timan Hospital
Armenia

Nagorno Karabakh: MSF prepares to respond to people fleeing to Armenia

Press Release 27 Sep 2023
 
Mozambique: After years of displacement, families returning to Mocímboa da Praia were confronted with total destruction
Mozambique

Six things to know about the destruction of Mocímboa da Praia

Project Update 14 Sep 2023
 
Camps of internally displaced people in and around Goma
Democratic Republic of Congo

The struggle to survive amidst violence and displacement in North Kivu

Documentary 4 Sep 2023
 
Migrants in transit in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama
Panama

Migrants arriving in Panama in urgent need of assistance

Press Release 1 Sep 2023
 
MSF clinic in camp Ecole in Adré, Chad
Chad

MSF appeals for immediate response to Sudanese refugee crisis in Chad

Press Release 31 Aug 2023
 
Malnutrition emergency: mobile clinic in Ranobe
Libya

MSF to close medical activities in Tripoli

Press Release 24 Aug 2023
 
Camp life: conditions and safety
Rohingya refugee crisis

Funding for Rohingya must increase as medical needs surge in camps

Project Update 23 Aug 2023
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