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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.

 
Maternity unit in Domeez Camp, Iraq
Iraq

Safe births for Syrian refugees in Domeez

Project Update 18 Sep 2014
 
Maternity unit in Domeez Camp, Iraq
Photo Story

MSF's new maternity unit in Domeez camp, Iraq

18 Sep 2014
Photo Story
 
Bentiu South Sudan - Floods inside the UN Internally Displaced People's camp
South Sudan

Dire conditions and growing tensions in Bentiu, South Sudan

Voices from the Field 11 Sep 2014
 
IDP Camps, Melut County, South Sudan
South Sudan

Life in a humanitarian prison in Melut

Voices from the Field 8 Sep 2014
 
South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia’s Gambella region, Lietchuor
Ethiopia

Refugees attempt to survive in flooded camps

Press Release 4 Sep 2014
 
Malakal South Sudan 2014
South Sudan

"People who grew in war now become old in it"

Voices from the Field 4 Sep 2014
 
Malakal South Sudan 2014
South Sudan

An abysmal last refuge from violence in Malakal, South Sudan

Voices from the Field 2 Sep 2014
 
Central African Republic

"The population does not buy the idea that this is a religious conflict”

Voices from the Field 25 Aug 2014
 
MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan
Iraq

Stories from Bharka Camp

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2014
 
MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan
Iraq

“With so many IDPs the challenge is to target our work to the most vulnerable”

Voices from the Field 20 Aug 2014
 
Batangafo hospital
Central African Republic

Thousands of people fearing violence look for refuge at the hospital and military compound in Batangafo

Press Release 14 Aug 2014
 
Refugee Doctors
Iraq

Successive Waves of Population Displacement

Project Update 14 Aug 2014
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