UNHCR welcomes first-ever Youth Refugee Olympic Team to compete at inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Africa
UNHCR welcomes first-ever Youth Refugee Olympic Team to compete at inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Africa
First ever Refugee Youth Olympic team poses for a photo at the training center in Eldoret, Kenya.
UNHCR helps to save lives and build better futures for the millions of people forced to flee their homes.
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.
Key facts and figures
at the end of 2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.
Low- and middle-income countries hosted 68 per cent of the world’s refugees and Palestine refugees.
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Sudan emergency
The Sudan emergency is the largest displacement crises in the world today, with some 11.3 million people who remain displaced both within and outside the country.
In its fourth year, the war is still forcing thousands to flee for their lives daily, with many displaced multiple times. One in every four Sudanese are forcibly displaced.
As the violence continues to escalate, people are desperately seeking safety and protection, both inside Sudan and in bordering countries.
Countries affected: Central African Republic | Chad | Egypt | Ethiopia | Libya | South Sudan | Sudan | Uganda
people have fled Sudan seeking safety in neighbouring countries
refugees who were living in Sudan have been forced to return to their home countries prematurely
people internally displaced by the fighting in Sudan
UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report
DATA AND STATISTICS
UNHCR annual Global Trends report 2025
The number of people worldwide forced to flee persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order and who remained displaced at the end of 2025 dropped to 117.8 million.
This represents 5.4 million fewer people remaining displaced than at the end of 2024, a decline of 4 per cent. One in 70 people globally were forcibly displaced at the end of 2025.
