13 June 2025: unhcr, asylum statistics, eu, euaa

UNHCR reports 123.2 million displaced in 2024

Of these 123.2 million forcibly displaced,

• 31 million were refugees - the largest recorded increase within a year
• 73.5 million were internally displaced
• 8.4 million were asylum seekers

73% of the world's refugees and other people in need of international protection were hosted in low and middle income countries.

67% of refugees live in countries neighbouring their countries of origin.

About 40% of the displaced are children.

"This is an increase of 7 million people or 6 per cent compared to the end of 2023. While displacement has almost doubled globally over the last decade, the rate of increase slowed in the second half of 2024. By the end of April 2025, UNHCR estimates that the global number of forcibly displaced people has likely fallen slightly by 1 per cent to 122.1 million, the first decrease in well over a decade.

Whether this trend continues or reverses during the rest of 2025 will largely depend on whether peace or at least a cessation in fighting is possible to achieve, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Ukraine; whether the situation in South Sudan does not deteriorate further; whether conditions for return improve, in particular in Afghanistan and Syria; and how dire the impact of the current funding cuts will be on the capacity to address forced displacement situations around the world and create conducive conditions for a safe and dignified return." (from the overview page)

The report can be accessed at the following link:

UNHCR: Global Trends. Forced Displacement in 2024, 12. Juni 2024
https://www.unhcr.org/global-trends-report-2024