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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.

 
Sudan

MSF assists newly displaced people in Shangil Tobaya

Project Update 3 Nov 2009
 
Greece

Overcrowded cells and deteriorating living conditions cause tension inside Pagani Detention Center

Project Update 26 Oct 2009
 
Colombia

New people displaced by the armed conflict in the Nariño department

Project Update 26 Oct 2009
 
Pakistan

MSF requests permission for international medical teams to set up assistance in Dera Ismael Khan

Project Update 12 Oct 2009
 
Russia

Hope for peace in Ingushetia has given way to despair

Project Update 29 Sep 2009
 
Sri Lanka

Health situation in Vavuniya district

Project Update 24 Sep 2009
 
Flood

Massive floods in West Africa bring enormous displacement levels as MSF increases assistance in Burkino Faso and Niger

Project Update 14 Sep 2009
 
Greece

People without any hope living in the Pagani detention center in Lesvos, Greece

Project Update 10 Sep 2009
 
Pakistan

MSF reinforces its presence in Mardan and Lower Dir

Project Update 26 Aug 2009
 
Italy

MSF assists the five survivors - 73 feared dead - of boat tragedy in Lampedusa, Italy

Project Update 25 Aug 2009
 
Sri Lanka

The war in Sri Lanka has ended but the suffering continues

Project Update 13 Aug 2009
 
Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan government has an obligation to release civilians and provide adequate assistance

Voices from the Field 13 Aug 2009
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