About 65 million people were living in forced displacement at the end of 2015

A new report by World Bank assesses the global refugee crisis and examines solutions. Quick facts from the report

More than one million people will need resettlement in 2017

Syrians are projected to account for 40 per cent of resettlement needs, according to a UNHCR report

Climate shocks, conflicts worsen displacement in Mozambique: UNHCR

Mozambique dealing with climate-induced migration in south, conflict-induced migration in north

Two out of three refugee children never go to secondary schools: UNHCR

School enrollment figures for sub-Saharan Africa were much worse than those in Asia and the Americas

Horn of Africa has entered 6th consecutive wet season with no rain: UNHCR

In Somalia, 3.8 million people have been displaced as of February 28, 2023; close to 300,000 people could be newly displaced by July 2023 

23,700,000: That's how many people climate change forced out of their homes in 2021

Climate disasters led to 4.9 million internal displacements in India last year: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre    

Nearly 80 mln displaced globally by 2019-end, half of them children: UNHCR

Fewer displaced people have been able to return to their homes in 2019

Still unprotected: COVID-19, underfunding plagues child protection aid

African countries among the worst affected: Funding for child protection dropped to 38% in 2019 from 88% in 2018 in South Sudan 

Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO

8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries

Sudan conflict fallout: Over 1,200 children have died in country amid healthcare crisis, says UN

Children died from suspected measles and malnutrition; those under five account for over three-quarters of all deaths