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.
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Over 100 deaths at sea in one week as European States look away
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"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence
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Violence and danger for people crossing Panama’s Darien jungle
Reports & Analysis
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Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
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Unaccompanied minors, symbols of a policy of mistreatment
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Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR
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Report: Indefinite Despair
![Life in limbo - psychosocial support for asylum seekers in Sweden Life in limbo - psychosocial support for asylum seekers in Sweden](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/CMS3/8/7/2/a/MSF222956.jpg)
Uncertain life situation leads to mental health distress among asylum seekers
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‘No one was left’ - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya
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Migrants and refugees on the margins of society
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MSF-Analysis articles on Migration & Refugees
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European policies dramatically worsened the so-called 2015 “refugee crisis”
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MSF denounces the sexual violence against migrants travelling to Europe
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Four things to know about the crisis in Burkina Faso
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Thousands desperate for food, water and shelter in conflict-hit Marib
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Hundreds of people require port of safety after multiple rescues from Central Mediterranean
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Thousands of people in precarious conditions as violence set to repeat in Ituri
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Hundreds of thousands of people in dire conditions months after floods
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MSF leaves Polish border after being blocked from assisting people
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Tens of thousands of people flee Cameroon as violence spreads
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8 things to know about the EU/Belarus border crisis
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