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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.

 
Migrants in Mexico (MSB8410)
Mexico

“Violence is ever present throughout their journey, that may last up to two months”

Voices from the Field 12 May 2014
 
Refugees Camp  Mbera Mauritania 2013
Mauritania

Interview with Frederic Manantsoa Lai, MSF Head of Mission in Mauritania’s Mbera refugee camp

Voices from the Field 12 May 2014
 
Central African Republic

Dispatch from Bossangoa: Doctor Florien Oudenaarden looks back at a time of extreme violence, displacement and change

Voices from the Field 7 May 2014
 
Iraq: NFI distribution to people displaced by violence from Anbar province
Iraq

MSF provides aid to people displaced by violence from Anbar province

Project Update 30 Apr 2014
 
IDP CAMP JUBA 3 SOUTH SUDAN
Malaria

Malaria control in emergencies: time for action

Opinion 25 Apr 2014
 
MSB8064
Uganda

MSF increases its capacity for action to aid refugees from South Sudan

Project Update 17 Apr 2014
 
Lebanon -Providing medical care to Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley
Access to Healthcare

Stories from non-communicable chronic diseases patients in Lebanon

Voices from the Field 17 Apr 2014
 
Lebanon -Providing medical care to Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley
Lebanon

Treating chronic diseases among Syrian refugees, a priority for MSF

Project Update 16 Apr 2014
 
Central African Republic

Exodus of Muslims: Interviews with refugees in Chad

Project Update 16 Apr 2014
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