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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.

 
Raqqa IDPS in north Syria
Syria

Airstrikes or minefields – Raqqa’s residents face a deadly choice

Press Release 9 Jun 2017
 
CAR - Mar 2017
Central African Republic

Will Bambari be next?

Project Update 8 Jun 2017
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

“They killed the women, the girls, everybody in the town”

Voices from the Field 2 Jun 2017
 
South-Sudan: thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition in Pieri
South Sudan

Thousands at risk of cholera and malnutrition after fleeing attacks in Yuai and Waat

Press Release 2 Jun 2017
 
Tanzania: World Malaria Day - photo story
Tanzania

Departing Nyarugusu camp, MSF continues refugee response at nearby Nduta

Press Release 30 May 2017
 
DRC - Tanganyika IDPs may 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo

“If we sit back and do nothing, these people will die”

Voices from the Field 26 May 2017
 
DRC - Tanganyika IDPs may 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo

Malnutrition and disease ravage the settlements around Kalémie

Press Release 26 May 2017
 
Libya: detention centres in Tripoli
Libya

MSF continues to provide medical care to migrants and refugees detained in Tripoli

Project Update 19 May 2017
 
South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda
Uganda

At night, I can’t stop thinking about what is going to happen to me and my children

Voices from the Field 18 May 2017
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