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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.

 
Sri Lanka

Over 100,000 displaced in one location, hospitals struggling, Sri Lanka displaced demand 24 hour care as MSF staff prepare for the next wave of injured

Project Update 28 Apr 2009
 
Yemen

MSF team finds 35 dead people on the coastline of Abyan governorate

Project Update 24 Apr 2009
 
Sri Lanka

MSF treating hundreds of wounded arriving from Sri Lankan war zone

Press Release 21 Apr 2009
 
Colombia

MSF assists as newly displaced dramatically increase population of Colombian village

Project Update 3 Apr 2009
 
Sri Lanka

Without medicine or sanitation, situation in Vanni, Sri Lanka, deteriorates as heavy rains fall

Project Update 26 Mar 2009
 
Sri Lanka

Immense surgical and mental health needs in Sri Lanka's conflict area

Project Update 17 Mar 2009
 
Sudan

MSF's expulsion leaves health care vacuum for 100,000 in Kalma Camp, Darfur

Voices from the Field 11 Mar 2009
 
Sudan

Escalating violence aggravates dire humanitarian situation in southern Sudan

Project Update 9 Mar 2009
 
Central African Republic

MSF aids population in northern 'triangle of violence' in Central African Republic

Project Update 6 Mar 2009
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