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Refugees in Bosnia

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.

 
Migrant Route Augusta Italy 2014
Italy

MSF assists migrants and asylum seekers rescued off Sicily

Project Update 4 Mar 2015
 
Refugees from CAR seek shelter in DRC
Central African Republic

Refugees and host community struggle to survive in northern DRC

Project Update 27 Feb 2015
 
Bata IDP camp
Central African Republic

MSF starts a vaccination campaign in the largest displaced persons' camp in the country

Project Update 25 Feb 2015
 
Asylum seeker in Serbia, JAN 2015
Photo Story

Transit denied: stranded in cold Serbia

19 Feb 2015
Photo Story
 
Asylum seeker in Serbia, JAN 2015
Serbia

Asylum seekers and migrants left in cold

Project Update 19 Feb 2015
 
Niger

Increased violence in the south leaves thousands in an alarming humanitarian situation

Project Update 12 Feb 2015
 
Stefano Di Carlo
Mediterranean migration

Interview with Stefano Di Carlo, MSF Italy Head of Mission

Voices from the Field 11 Feb 2015
 
Migrant Route Augusta Italy 2014
Refugees, IDPs and people on the move

MSF calls on European Union to take its responsibility to stop putting migrants’ lives at risk

Press Release 11 Feb 2015
 
Hospital Mobile Clinic Matchika Bambari CAR
Central African Republic

‘The suffering of the people is fuelling the armed conflict in CAR’

Voices from the Field 5 Feb 2015
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