Geneva Telegram with key insights from UNHCR’s new global trends report

On 13 June 2024, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) presented its new global trends report which concentrates mostly on the developments in 2023. A total of 117.3 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2023 which constitutes an increase of 8% (8.9 million) compared to the end of 2022. 12th consecutive annual increase in number of people forcibly displaced

On 13 June 2024, the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) presented its new global trends report. It focuses primarily on developments during 2023, in which 117.3 million people - 8% more than in the previous year - were displaced. This is now the 12th consecutive increase. The conflict in Sudan is one of the main drivers behind last year's displacement: by the end of the year, 10.8 million Sudanese had been uprooted. Sudan is also currently considered the world's largest hunger crisis. With 1.7 million people internally displaced in just 3 months (75% of the population) and 96% of the population in acute food insecurity, the situation in the Gaza Strip also stood out. In addition, millions of people were displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar. Syria remained the world's largest displacement crisis, with 13.8 million people displaced inside and outside the country.

Ten key findings from the UNHCR report can be found here.