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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.  

 
Zacharia Matichiang
Access to Healthcare

"I would never wish to go back"

Stories from the Frontline 18 Jun 2020
 
Access to Healthcare

"How can you stay in a country for three decades but not know where you belong?"

Stories from the Frontline 18 Jun 2020
 
Community outreach staff in one of the refugees' homes - Sept 2019
Access to Healthcare

Maintaining health services for Dadaab refugees while responding to COVID-19

Project Update 18 Jun 2020
 
Hassan, a 17-year-old refugee from Darfur, Sudan arrived in Libya one year ago.
Access to Healthcare

COVID-19 lays bare failed politics of aid to help migrants stranded in Libya

Crisis Update 8 Jun 2020
 
Displaced families live in makeshift shelters in Fada, Eastern Burkina Faso.
Access to Healthcare

Eastern Burkina Faso: Out of sight, people suffer from unprecedented rise in violence

Crisis Update 5 Jun 2020
 
Internally displaced people's camp in the territory of Djugu in Ituri, DRC
Refugees, Migration and displacement

Democratic Republic of Congo: 200,000 people forced from homes and health centres destroyed as violence surges in Ituri province

Crisis Update 4 Jun 2020