The number of displaced by force down in the first quarter of 2025, according to the UN – Liberation
It is an improvement that could be short -lived. The United Nations (UN) is revealed Thursday, June 12, that the number of forcibly has dropped in the world in a few months. At the end of 2024, 123.2 million people were forcibly moved to flee wars, violence and persecution. A record Until then. At the end of April 2025, the figure dropped to 122.1 million people.
A number which is explained thanks to the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad and the return of nearly 2 million Syrians in their homes. In mid-May, it is estimated that more than 500,000 of them returned to their country from abroad, while about 1.2 million internal displaced people have returned to their region of origin since the end of November.
The evolution of this trend will mainly depend on the turn that the main conflicts and crises that the world is currently experiencing. « We are experiencing a period of great volatility in international relations, where modern warfare creates a fragile and heartbreaking landscape marked by acute human sufferings »underlined the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
The main responsible for these forced trips remain the great conflicts, in particular those in Sudanin Burma or even in Ukraine. « We must redouble their efforts to seek peace and find lasting solutions for refugees and other people forced to flee their home » insisted Filippo grew up. Sudan, where civil war has been raging since April 2023, is now the country with the most moved by force: 14.3 million.
Despite the first feedback, Syria still has 13.5 million refugees and internal displaced, followed by Afghanistan and Ukraine. At the end of 2024, one in 67 in the world was forcibly moved. Among them, 73.5 million people are internal displaced. In 2024, 9.8 million people moved by force returned home.
So that returns are made under conditions « Sure and worthy »the question of funds is essential. The UN, like many humanitarian organizations, face an important liquidity crisis.
