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Refugees, migration and displacement

Over 70 million people are currently fleeing conflict or persecution around the world. Due to their race, religion or nationality, these people’s homes are no longer safe places to live and their governments’ no longer provide them with protection. 

MSF works around the world to provide lifesaving assistance to refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), from providing psychological care to nutritional support. 

We set up hospitals in refugee camps, we help women give birth safely, we vaccinate children to prevent epidemics and we provide access to safe drinking water. We also have specialised projects to try to reach those who are on the move, for example in Europe or South America, and throughout Africa.  

 
MSF provides medical, mental health and social services support to migrants and refugees in various shelters in Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros. [ © Juan Carlos Tomasi ]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo not safe for asylum seekers

Article 4 Jul 2019
 
A woman in a detention centre in Libya, September 2018 [© Sara Creta/MSF]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Libya: Deadly airstrikes on Tajoura detention centre

Article 3 Jul 2019
 
The IDP camp for internally displaced people in Bunia, DRC. Thousands have fled their homes due to intercommunal violence in Ituri. [ ©Pablo Garrigos/MSF ]
Ebola

Urgent humanitarian response needed to crises in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release 28 Jun 2019
 
 woman walks past a group of young men after collecting water just as the sun set inside the UN Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu. [ © Dominic Nahr / MAPS]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

“The first challenge is disease, the second is security.” 

Stories from the Frontline 27 Jun 2019
 
A man looks out from a shelter in the market zone in Bentiu PoC (Protection of Civilians) site. [ © Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos ]
Refugees, Migration and displacement

“Sometimes we hear from the radio about peace, but we don't have full information.”

Stories from the Frontline 27 Jun 2019
 
Martha, a pseudonym, is a 27-year-old woman living in the Malakal Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, in north-east South Sudan [ © MSF / Igor Barbero ]
Access to Healthcare

“There is not enough water; the community is too big here.”

Stories from the Frontline 26 Jun 2019