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Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

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.

 
Mediterranean MSF Search and Rescue Boat Preparations
Mediterranean migration

MSF reinforces its search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean

Project Update 9 May 2015
 
Niger: thousands facing precarious conditions after being forced to leave Lake Chad
Niger

“People are in need of food, water, shelter… the basics”

Voices from the Field 8 May 2015
 
Niger

Thousands facing precarious conditions after being forced to leave Lake Chad

Voices from the Field 8 May 2015
 
Mediterranean migration

Testimony from Mediterranean migrant Makone Mare

Voices from the Field 7 May 2015
 
PCV vaccination in Leitchuor camp
Ethiopia

MSF broadens vaccination package for South Sudanese refugees

Project Update 5 May 2015
 
MSF Mediterranean Search and Rescue Operation I: First Rescue
Mediterranean migration

MSF and MOAS rescue 369 people on first outing

Press Release 4 May 2015
 
South Sudan

Nomads of war: A headmaster and his family living under a tree

Voices from the Field 29 Apr 2015
 
Renewed conflict in Upper Nile, South Sudan
South Sudan

Nomads of war - perpetual displacements of South Sudanese families in Upper Nile

Press Release 27 Apr 2015
 
Mediterranean migration
Mediterranean migration

MSF and MOAS – Answers to some frequently asked questions

Voices from the Field 24 Apr 2015
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