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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF responds to an increasing number of migrant caravans in southern Mexico, October 2024
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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.

New Yourpea Refugee Transit Camp, Saclepea town, Nimba district, Liberia, at the border with Ivory Coast. Ivorian refugees have spent three days in the transit camp before being brought to the Bahn Refugee camp, set up by UNHCR for 15,000 people. This group of people are putting their belongings in the truck and are about to leave for the camp. As the situation continues to deteriorate in Ivory Coast, nearly 80,000 Ivorian have fled their country and sought refuge in Liberia.
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

Sweet Sixty?

Report 15 Dec 2011

Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

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