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The year 2025 has witnessed a significant shift in the way migration is viewed and politicized across the world.
The convergence of several factors, such as large-scale armed conflicts, accelerating climate impacts and economic pressures, has made migration one of the key issues on the global agenda.
In the past, migration was mostly analyzed from a humanitarian perspective. But in 2025, migration debates heavily entered geopolitics, the racial and religious demographic and even the US’ national security strategy. So, migration is no longer just an episodic crisis that needs to be managed for a short time; instead, it will impact global governance and shape the political and economic landscape well into 2026 and beyond.
Armed conflict played a significant role in migration in 2025. The wars in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen and Ukraine collectively displaced tens of millions of people, destabilized regional markets and amplified the strategic calculations of neighboring states. Prolonged bombardment, infrastructure collapse and restrictions on humanitarian access created some of the most severe internal displacement crises of the decade, forcing families to move repeatedly in search of safety, temporary shelter or caloric survival.
