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.
![Northeast Nigeria: Now is not the time to question life-saving assistance [Photo: Yuna Cho/MSF]](/sites/default/files/styles/card_half/public/msfimages/news/msf281414_medium.webp?itok=iXo2835f "Northeast Nigeria: Now is not the time to question life-saving assistance [Photo: Yuna Cho/MSF]")
![Kidnapping of migrants has been for a while now a lucrative business for the criminal gangs operating in the Mexican northern cities bordering the US. [photo: Juan Carlos Tomasi]](/sites/default/files/styles/card_half/public/msfimages/news/msf236305_medium.webp?itok=fOU6t4E0 "Kidnapping of migrants has been for a while now a lucrative business for the criminal gangs operating in the Mexican northern cities bordering the US. [photo: Juan Carlos Tomasi]")
![Thousands of life jackets left behind by arriving migrants are gathered at a dump on Lesbos Island, Greece. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change]](/sites/default/files/styles/card_half/public/msfimages/news/msf237451_medium.webp?itok=mNyVBMWU "Thousands of life jackets left behind by arriving migrants are gathered at a dump on Lesbos Island, Greece. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change]")
![Refugees trapped in Moria camp on Lesbos Island. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change ]](/sites/default/files/styles/card_half/public/msfimages/news/msf237457_medium.webp?itok=XzB-f6BW "Refugees trapped in Moria camp on Lesbos Island. The awful conditions at Moria camp/Olive Grove and arbitrary administrative situations have had a dramatic impact on their health and in particular their mental health. [ © Robin Hammond/Witness Change ]")