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.
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![Geo Barents - Rotation 9 - Rescue 1 Geo Barents - Rotation 9 - Rescue 1](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2026ygoe74103si37skpf413l4u2m5b2.jpg)
Over 100 deaths at sea in one week as European States look away
![Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/m5xm05cho1xqcl1t675y6x3521e87saf.jpg)
"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence
![Turquesa River Turquesa River](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/u0hn2cp634wh84vep1244o6oi22f64pq.jpg)
Violence and danger for people crossing Panama’s Darien jungle
Reports & Analysis
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Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
![Condition of migrants in Paris Condition of migrants in Paris](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/031xf718o61bdw70l62j72305e281e60.jpg)
Unaccompanied minors, symbols of a policy of mistreatment
![Day of Violence in the Central African Republic Day of Violence in the Central African Republic](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/j0n0e3tfqovx3e845luu1x44c4av0nca.jpg)
Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR
![NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/d185wd00605h7y0713ttr4u46570dq05.jpg)
Report: Indefinite Despair
![Life in limbo - psychosocial support for asylum seekers in Sweden Life in limbo - psychosocial support for asylum seekers in Sweden](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/CMS3/8/7/2/a/MSF222956.jpg)
Uncertain life situation leads to mental health distress among asylum seekers
![Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/l8l22t4ear7idrbj1dh7i0511dm0b4j1.jpg)
‘No one was left’ - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya
![Borgo Mezzanone, the“Pista” ghetto Borgo Mezzanone, the“Pista” ghetto](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/qt4360apq3x86862enm1is7v552aa424.jpg)
Migrants and refugees on the margins of society
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MSF-Analysis articles on Migration & Refugees
![Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/21m002nh672d05viywhy6ubd20yx2wk4.jpg)
European policies dramatically worsened the so-called 2015 “refugee crisis”
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MSF denounces the sexual violence against migrants travelling to Europe
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Conflict in Greater Upper Nile impedes assistance to people already devastated by flooding
![COVID-19 Vaccination - Northwest Syria - Idlib COVID-19 Vaccination - Northwest Syria - Idlib](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/umo6m0yo6yu1n742823115yqk3e84r61.jpg)
Cholera spreads across Syria putting vulnerable people at serious risk
![Boats on Mediterranean Sea](/sites/default/files/styles/card_half/public/images/220923_DC680_20.jpg?itok=MkzlvwCX)
Malta instructs rescue ship to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in Europe
![Internally displaced people in Kaya, Burkina Faso Internally displaced people in Kaya, Burkina Faso](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/76y57xo6102plet7ivu3gkvo8r278fpo.jpg)
Violence and severe supply shortages leave people across Burkina Faso in dire need
![Baidoa Malnutrition Crises Baidoa Malnutrition Crises](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/x28oxjipt421uefhx6bc755u0g17g314.jpg)
An alarming cycle of drought, malnutrition and disease in Baidoa
![Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado Mozambique: Inside MSF’s relief items kits distributions to newly displaced people in Cabo Delgado](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/eu38hg21r6a803xke73f33fumc2620gu.jpg)
People struggling to survive after five years of conflict in Cabo Delgado
![Migration in the Americas Migration in the Americas](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/fm8271ou16r81yy15u1j71wwj705bt0w.jpg)
Barriers don’t deter people making their way to the United States
![MIGRANT PUSHBACK | Lithuania Belarus Border MIGRANT PUSHBACK | Lithuania Belarus Border](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/62huay5t32q4u241r3ke1qio3c73s147.jpg)
Repeated pushbacks cause mental and physical suffering for people crossing Lithuanian border
![Yevhenia Koval, IDP from Kherson regoin Yevhenia Koval, IDP from Kherson regoin](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/e55ap7bk1uj8xh1s4hxah60adf865n8e.jpg)