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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.

 
Al-Hol camp
Syria

Between two fires: Danger and desperation in Syria’s Al-Hol camp

Report 7 Nov 2022
 
Man carries belongings through flood waters
Climate emergency

Urgent action needed to mitigate deadly consequences of climate change

Statement 4 Nov 2022
 
Rotation 19 - Rescue 2
Mediterranean migration

Over 500 survivors on board the Geo Barents urgently need a port of safety

Project Update 2 Nov 2022
 
Emergency response in Kwamouth 05
Democratic Republic of Congo

A humanitarian desert: Lacklustre response amid horrific violence in DRC

Voices from the Field 1 Nov 2022
 
Three people found handcuffed, four injured on the Aegean island of Lesvos (MSF)
Greece

People found handcuffed and injured on the Greek island of Lesvos

Press Release 25 Oct 2022
 
A compound dotted with makeshift shelters that many new arrivals and returning refugees call home in Dagahaley
Kenya

High risk of outbreaks amid poor living conditions for newly arrived refugees in Dadaab

Press Release 25 Oct 2022
 
Flooding in Upper Nile
South Sudan

Conflict in Greater Upper Nile impedes assistance to people already devastated by flooding

Press Release 21 Oct 2022
 
COVID-19 Vaccination - Northwest Syria - Idlib
Syria

Cholera spreads across Syria putting vulnerable people at serious risk

Project Update 21 Oct 2022
 
Boats on Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean migration

Malta instructs rescue ship to take 23 people to Egypt rather than to closer ports in Europe

Press Release 19 Oct 2022
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