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UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon

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UNHCR’s Grandi appeals for urgent humanitarian support and an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon

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UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home.

Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people, many of whom have nobody left to turn to.

We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.

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117.3 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced.
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Most refugees – 75 per cent – are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
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UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report

DATA AND STATISTICS

UNHCR annual Global Trends report 2023

UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons.

Ongoing and new conflicts have driven displacement across the world in 2023, with over 117.3 million people forcibly displaced by the end of the year. This constitutes a rise of 8 per cent or 8.8 million people compared to the end of 2022 and continues a series of year-on-year increases over the last 12 years.

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