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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![Geo Barents - Rotation 9 - Rescue 1 Geo Barents - Rotation 9 - Rescue 1](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2026ygoe74103si37skpf413l4u2m5b2.jpg)
Over 100 deaths at sea in one week as European States look away
![Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over Cabo Delgado: A crisis far from over](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/m5xm05cho1xqcl1t675y6x3521e87saf.jpg)
"It's extremely volatile" – people in Cabo Delgado continue to flee violence
![Turquesa River Turquesa River](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/u0hn2cp634wh84vep1244o6oi22f64pq.jpg)
Violence and danger for people crossing Panama’s Darien jungle
Reports & Analysis
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Constructing Crisis at Europe’s Border
![Condition of migrants in Paris Condition of migrants in Paris](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/031xf718o61bdw70l62j72305e281e60.jpg)
Unaccompanied minors, symbols of a policy of mistreatment
![Day of Violence in the Central African Republic Day of Violence in the Central African Republic](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/j0n0e3tfqovx3e845luu1x44c4av0nca.jpg)
Unprotected: Report on violence and lack of protection for civilians in CAR
![NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities NAURU - MSF forced to end its Mental Health activities](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/d185wd00605h7y0713ttr4u46570dq05.jpg)
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
![Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/l8l22t4ear7idrbj1dh7i0511dm0b4j1.jpg)
‘No one was left’ - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya
![Borgo Mezzanone, the“Pista” ghetto Borgo Mezzanone, the“Pista” ghetto](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/qt4360apq3x86862enm1is7v552aa424.jpg)
Migrants and refugees on the margins of society
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MSF-Analysis articles on Migration & Refugees
![Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health Trapani Italy - refugee reception and mental health](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/21m002nh672d05viywhy6ubd20yx2wk4.jpg)
European policies dramatically worsened the so-called 2015 “refugee crisis”
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MSF denounces the sexual violence against migrants travelling to Europe
![Malakal South Sudan 2014 Malakal South Sudan 2014](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/bh4l4ble3x32014r4tw0yst60rhkhk46.jpg)
An abysmal last refuge from violence in Malakal, South Sudan
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"The population does not buy the idea that this is a religious conflict”
![MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/2i11m0q8026xbumjv7dm2h5176luxx31.jpg)
Stories from Bharka Camp
![MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan MSF clinic for IDPs in Baharka Camp, Iraq Kurdistan](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/f5i4s42l257k83wb0s52a6s22t666qar.jpg)
“With so many IDPs the challenge is to target our work to the most vulnerable”
![Batangafo hospital Batangafo hospital](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/235f8uo150825013508403pig54m774c.jpg)
Thousands of people fearing violence look for refuge at the hospital and military compound in Batangafo
![Refugee Doctors Refugee Doctors](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/7tf2gn3d7nfj5418684kb258fs7ah2y3.jpg)
Successive Waves of Population Displacement
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"I am a doctor, I am here to provide care. Patients also need to be listened to."
![Iraq-IDPs from Sinjar District Iraq-IDPs from Sinjar District](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/4sa7fxt427r8mo14p3x8v3mx8vwp8h4n.jpg)
MSF responding to dramatic influx of displaced people from Sinjar
![Zenaba Testimony IDP Kabo - CAR Zenaba Testimony IDP Kabo - CAR](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/4ukr8e746f3n807wa31tw5g22775inni.jpg)