This section describes the outlook for situations of forced displacement and statelessness that have arisen from conflicts or emergencies around the world.
These situations typically involve diverse needs and are often protracted, with people seeking asylum in multiple neighbouring countries as well as within the borders of their own country.
Afghanistan is one of the world’s most urgent crises. Human rights violations, economic instability, acute food insecurity and natural disasters are likely to threaten regional stability in 2025.
By mid-2024, Colombia recorded almost 7 million internally displaced people, all of whom the Government has recognized as eligible for assistance and reparations.
The emergency in the DRC is one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world. Decades of clashes between the Congolese armed forces and various non-State armed groups have displaced 7 million people within the country.
A complex combination of gang-related violence (including gender-based violence and forced recruitment), food insecurity, increasing poverty, and climate change is driving forced displacement in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Iraq is currently at a turning point, leaving behind three decades of political turmoil and armed conflicts that deeply impacted its people and public service delivery.
A surge in the conflict in Myanmar has increased displacement within the country and outflows across the border, and the protection and humanitarian outlook for 2025 appears likely to worsen.
The Sahel region is undergoing a deep transformation which calls for an adjustment in humanitarian engagement to address the worsening crisis characterized by escalating forced displacement and increased protection needs.
The South Sudan situation remains one of Africa’s most significant refugee crises, with 2.3 million refugees and asylum-seekers in neighbouring countries and a further 2 million South Sudanese internally displaced.
The conflict that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 resulted in the largest displacement crisis of the year, with 6.1 million Sudanese fleeing to other areas within the country and 1.5 million people seeking safety abroad.
The crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic is extending into its fourteenth year – with more people than ever sliding into deeper poverty and 16.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
The full-scale war in Ukraine enters its fourth year early in 2025, with escalations in hostilities driving further displacement. The 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan estimates that some 12.7 million people are in need of multisectoral humanitarian assistance.
The outflow of Venezuelan refugees and migrants to neighbouring countries and beyond continues, with over 7.7 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide as of May 2024.
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Some situations, which were previously funded on an ad hoc basis by donors, have been discontinued. To check those situations and relative documents click below.
