Displacement is not a footnote to conflict — it is one of its most devastating consequences. When millions of people are uprooted from their homes, stripped of livelihoods, and pushed across borders, the fragility they carry with them tests the stability of entire regions. Managing migration with humanity and addressing its root causes is indispensable to building and sustaining peace.

Did You Know?

• The world is experiencing the largest forced displacement crisis in recorded history. By the end of 2022, over 110 million people had been forcibly displaced worldwide — including 35.3 million refugees, 62.5 million internally displaced persons, and millions of asylum seekers — with conflict, persecution, and violence remaining the primary drivers of this unprecedented and still-rising global emergency. (UNHCR Global Trends Report, 2022)
• The vast majority of the world’s refugees are hosted not by wealthy nations but by developing countries with the fewest resources. Low- and middle-income countries host approximately 76% of the world’s refugees — with nations like Iran, Turkey, Colombia, Uganda, and Pakistan among the largest hosts — placing enormous social, economic, and institutional pressure on states already managing significant poverty and fragility. (UNHCR Global Trends Report, 2022)
• Protracted displacement — remaining displaced for five years or more — is now the norm rather than the exception. The average length of displacement globally has grown to over a decade for many refugee populations, meaning millions of people are spending entire childhoods, formative years, and working lives in limbo — unable to fully integrate, unable to return, and progressively more vulnerable to poverty, radicalization, and despair. (UNHCR / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, IDMC)
• Climate change is rapidly emerging as a major driver of displacement alongside conflict. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre recorded over 30 million new internal displacements caused by weather-related disasters in 2022 alone — more than three times the number caused by conflict and violence in the same year — signaling that the future of displacement is increasingly shaped by the intersection of climate stress, fragility, and violence. (IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement, 2023)