Number of forcibly displaced people dips to 118 million: UN
TOPSHOT - Displaced foreign nationals stand in a queue to give their personal information to volunteers at a park in Durban on June 10, 2026 after fleeing their homes amid fears of xenophobic attacks.
The number of forcibly displaced people dropped for the first time in a decade last year, as more opted to return home despite often unsafe and unstable conditions, the United Nations said on June 11.
At the end of 2025, 117.8 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes, marking a decline of 5.4 million compared to a year earlier, the U.N. refugee agency said.
The agency said the number of people who had been forced to flee due to war, violence and persecution remained “unacceptably high,” urging action to dramatically reduce long-term displacement over the next decade.
