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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.

 
Doctors Without Borders alarms insufficient response to the rising migrant influx in Darien jungle
Panama

Incidents of sexual violence spike for those crossing Panama’s Darién Gap

Press Release 17 Nov 2023
 
Flooding in Unity State
South Sudan

Unshattered hope in the face of adversity in South Sudan

Project Update 15 Nov 2023
 
First patient admitted as the influx of refugees from Sudan increased after intensified fighting in El Geneina
Chad

More people forced to flee Sudan to Chad as fighting intensifies across Darfur

Press Release 7 Nov 2023
 
MSF Winterization Activities_NW Syria
Syria

As winter approaches in Syria, people in camps burn shoes for warmth

Project Update 7 Nov 2023
 
Emergency Medical Aid (EMA) for new arrivals in Samos, Greece
Greece

In plain sight: the human cost of migration policies and violent practices at Greek sea borders

Report 2 Nov 2023
 
Emergency Medical Aid in Samos
Greece

Asylum seekers in Greece report being beaten, strip-searched and sent back to sea

Press Release 2 Nov 2023
 
Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF statement in response to the EU “Crisis Regulation”

Statement 6 Oct 2023
 
Psychological first aid for people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia

MSF offers mental health support to people displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh

Project Update 6 Oct 2023
 
Elena* from Donetsk| displaced to Belgorod
Russia

Belgorod: Supporting people displaced by violence

Project Update 4 Oct 2023
 
People in line at a water point in Transit Centre in Renk
South Sudan

Aid woefully inadequate for returnees stuck in deplorable conditions in Renk

Press Release 3 Oct 2023
 
MSF supporting the measles vaccination campaign by the Ministry of Health in the Um Sangour camp, White Nile state, Sudan
Conflict in Sudan

Overwhelming needs in White Nile as conflict pushes people to limit

Voices from the Field 28 Sep 2023
 
Am Timan Hospital
Armenia

Nagorno Karabakh: MSF prepares to respond to people fleeing to Armenia

Press Release 27 Sep 2023
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