UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad
UNHCR warns crisis reaching breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad
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UNHCR Annual Global Trends Report
UNHCR Mid-Year Trends report 2024
UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report covers key statistical trends on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless persons for the first six months of 2024.
At the end of June 2024, 122.6 million people worldwide remained forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order. This represents an increase of 5 per cent, or 5.3 million people, compared to the end of 2023.
For more than 12 years the number of people remaining forcibly displaced has continued to grow. Greater efforts by the international community to share responsibilities and find durable solutions are needed to reverse the trend.
