- Jun 11
Global forced displacement falls to 117.8 million in 2025, first decline in a decade, UNHCR reports
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide fell by 5.4 million to 117.8 million at the end of 2025, the first annual decrease in a decade, driven by large-scale returns to countries still gripped by insecurity.
- Jun 11
UNHCR: global forced displacement falls 4% in 2025, first decline in a decade, but involuntary returns raise alarm
The number of forcibly displaced people fell by 4% to 117.8 million in 2025, UNHCR reported, marking the first decline in ten years. The drop was driven by large-scale returns to Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and DR Congo, but the agency warned many were forced back under unsafe conditions.
