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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.

 
Côte d'Ivoire

Marked deterioration of situation in west of Ivory Coast

Press Release 4 Mar 2011
 
Sudan

Tens of thousands displaced following days of fighting in the Abyei, Sudan, area

Project Update 4 Mar 2011
 
Lebanon

Precarious living conditions make daily life a struggle

Project Update 24 Feb 2011
 
Côte d'Ivoire

Mobile medical response for tens of thousands of Ivory Coast refugees near the border in Liberia

Project Update 24 Feb 2011
 
Greece

I live in hell and all I see is nightmares

Voices from the Field 4 Feb 2011
 
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Survival migrants try to improve their living conditions

Project Update 3 Feb 2011
 
Greece

Immediate action needed to improve unbearable living conditions in detention facilities in Evros, Greece

Press Release 26 Jan 2011
 
Democratic Republic of Congo

Nomadic herders forced to flee in northern DRC

Project Update 24 Jan 2011
 
Kenya

The Ifo II refugee camp, Kenya, lies empty while tens of thousands of Somali refugees live in unacceptable conditions less than 10 kilometers away

Press Release 20 Jan 2011
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