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
![Syrian refugee explo Bulgaria, November 2013 Syrian refugee explo Bulgaria, November 2013](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/nlxw2d3331e7fef8asa3at4qa58k8os1.jpg)
Syrian refugees face appalling conditions
![Hangu + Peshawar, all uses Hangu + Peshawar, all uses](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/CMS3/4/6/f/9/MSF111412.jpg)
The challenge of giving birth and staying alive
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MSF opens mother and child hospital in Irbid to support Syrian refugees
![Syria - Al Safira district Syria - Al Safira district](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/nlljw0aot5d4k55l8cl228jn052phg22.jpg)
Civilians forced to flee Al Safira under heavy bombardment
![DRC - Displacements of population following heavy fighting in Geti DRC - Displacements of population following heavy fighting in Geti](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/4w6delp2jvrs65566iyu8joueg63o74t.jpg)
“People have simply been abandoned" in South Irumu
![Fighting in CAR reaches unprecedented levels of violence, with PR CAR, Oct 16 2013 Fighting in CAR reaches unprecedented levels of violence, with PR CAR, Oct 16 2013](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/61buij371s4c3tq3p6742yr5enxgeb04.jpg)
Fighting reaches unprecedented levels of violence
![Fashoda, South Sudan Fashoda, South Sudan](https://img.msf.org/Docs/MSF/Media/CMS3/c/7/4/a/MSB1141.jpg)
New refugees from Sudan in need of assistance
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EU member states must recognise human cost of repressive migration policies
![Iraq - Mental health care for Syrian refugees Iraq - Mental health care for Syrian refugees](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/7pp1w6lkyk23y8t666hlyc3r3bw7jtlc.jpg)