♦ According to UNHCR’s annual Global Trends Report, the number of forcibly displaced people across the world stood at 122.1 million by the end of April 2025.

♦ The main drivers of displacement remain large conflicts like Sudan, Myanmar and Ukraine and the continued failure to stop the fighting.  

♦ record 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes at the end of 2024 — one in 67 of the global population.

♦ According to the report, Sudan has become the country with the most forcibly displaced people, with 14.3 million refugees and people who have been driven from their homes but remained in the country.

♦ Syria still accounts for 13.5 million forcibly displaced, followed by Afghanistan (10.3 million) and Ukraine (8.8 million).

♦ The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) grew sharply by 6.3 million to reach 73.5 million by the end of 2024, meaning that 60% of those forced to flee their homes never leave their own country.

♦ The report found that 67% of refugees stay in neighbouring countries, with three-quarters of refugees being taken in by low and middle-income nations.

♦ This runs counter to the widespread perception in many wealthier nations that they are the main refugee destinations, the agency said.

♦ The largest refugee populations are currently in Iran (3.5 million), Turkey (2.9 million), Colombia (2.8 million), Germany (2.7 million) and Uganda (1.8 million).