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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.

 
Palestine

"I am a doctor, I am here to provide care. Patients also need to be listened to."

Project Update 14 Aug 2014
 
Iraq-IDPs from Sinjar District
Iraq

MSF responding to dramatic influx of displaced people from Sinjar

Project Update 13 Aug 2014
 
Zenaba Testimony IDP Kabo - CAR
Central African Republic

"I do not know what to do with my life or those of my children"

Voices from the Field 12 Aug 2014
 
ABDEL Testimony IDP Kabo - CAR
Central African Republic

"I feel neither Chadian nor Central African and I do not know where to go"

Voices from the Field 12 Aug 2014
 
MSF Support to Al Shifa hospital Gaza
Palestine

No respite even with ceasefire

Project Update 12 Aug 2014
 
Bentiu South Sudan - Floods inside the UN Internally Displaced People's camp
South Sudan

Living conditions an affront to human dignity in Bentiu camp, South Sudan

Project Update 8 Aug 2014
 
Mexico

Forced migrants in Mexico

Project Update 4 Aug 2014
 
Central American Migration

Central American insomnia

Project Update 4 Aug 2014
 
Gulan Camp Khost Province Afghanistan 2014
Afghanistan

North Waziristan refugees in Afghanistan: MSF provides humanitarian aid in Gulan refugee camp

Press Release 31 Jul 2014
 
Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City
Palestine

“Violence has no religion”: testimony of a Palestinian member of the MSF team in Gaza

Voices from the Field 31 Jul 2014
 
Shifa hospital compound, Gaza City
Palestine

“Here I feel safe” confides a Palestinian member of staff taking refuge in the MSF office

Voices from the Field 31 Jul 2014
 
Iraq - Medical care for those displaced by fighting in areas between Dohuk and Mosul
Iraq

“Today the greatest medical needs remain in areas that are extremely difficult and dangerous to reach”

Project Update 21 Jul 2014
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