Overview

• The UNHCR’s 2024 Global Trends report records 123.2 million people forcibly displaced, the highest figure ever documented.
• Violence in Sudan forced 14.3 million people from their homes, overtaking Syria’s 13.5 million displaced as the world’s largest crisis.
• Internally displaced persons climbed to 73.5 million, making up roughly 60% of the total displaced population.
• Some 1.6 million refugees returned to their home countries in 2024—the largest annual return flow since 2002—and nearly two million Syrians have gone back after the Assad regime’s fall.
• UNHCR funding remains frozen at 2015 levels even as asylum applications top a record 8.4 million, undermining its ability to meet growing needs.