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.
Featured
![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
![Samos island Samos island](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/g84757lqd106f5bq0ax2s51en5byho4d.jpg)
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
![MSF's Irbid NCDs project provides medical care to Syrian and Jordanian patients for second year MSF's Irbid NCDs project provides medical care to Syrian and Jordanian patients for second year](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/57c714jd6ild711ea32yt34ird1467dj.jpg)
Even those who’ve managed to dodge bullets can’t escape fatal diseases.
![MSF's Irbid NCDs project provides medical care to Syrian and Jordanian patients for second year MSF's Irbid NCDs project provides medical care to Syrian and Jordanian patients for second year](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/g1nn33cbugpobh6364sk63w0g2tkh14a.jpg)
Clinic to treat ‘silent killers’ sees patient numbers rise
![Displacement in Diffa Displacement in Diffa](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/h0w4h8gt6r668auhcfd5u8mtax1mq2pt.jpg)
Insufficient humanitarian response to crisis in Diffa
![East Aleppo – Inside a hospital destroyed by an airstrike East Aleppo – Inside a hospital destroyed by an airstrike](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/tj1xpb627psnkodg5dksf83qd00u0oor.jpg)
MSF sends medical supplies to the wounded evacuated from east Aleppo
![Dec 2013 - 2015: Relentless violence in Unity State, South Sudan Dec 2013 - 2015: Relentless violence in Unity State, South Sudan](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/d1r2le35d427o5t1r88p010q06r35251.jpg)
A year in pictures 2016
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Providing healthcare to detained refugees and migrants
![MSF ends operations in Zaatari refugee camp MSF ends operations in Zaatari refugee camp](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/s145485kylh7hp70yo3i5y54g842frlw.jpg)
"I consider myself luckier than a lot of other wounded Syrians who couldn't reach Jordan for treatment"
![MSF ends operations in Zaatari refugee camp MSF ends operations in Zaatari refugee camp](https://img.msf.org/AssetLink/s40e57sl24gnb20m72x1bs46t0h268h5.jpg)