Philippines

UNHCR has been operating in the Philippines for over 40 years. For many years, its presence was limited to Manila with a focus on asylum-seekers, refugees, asylum issues and statelessness.

 

$4.5 million

are urgently needed from January to December 2025

Check the latest Funding Update

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Almalyn Akmad is a community volunteer for a project supported by UNHCR and UNICEF to register members of the nomadic Sama Bajau people. © UNHCR/Martin San Diego
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As of the end of 2023, the Philippines hosts an estimated 264,000 people who are forcibly displaced, stateless, or at risk of statelessness. Among them, around 136,000 (51%) are internally displaced people, 126,000 (48%) are stateless people or people at risk of statelessness, and 2,000 (1%) are refugees and asylum-seekers. UNHCR is committed to supporting the Philippines in ensuring a favourable protection environment and that national status determination procedures remain accessible to those who are forcibly displaced, stateless, and at risk of statelessness.

UNHCR also continues its efforts to provide them with access to rights and durable solutions, work to reduce and end statelessness and offer strategic and technical support by enhancing the normative framework to address internal displacement in Mindanao.

Explore the dedicated website to access additional information and UNHCR's news and stories related to the Philippines.
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Populations

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Philippines | 2025
Total406,727RefugeesAsylum-seekersIDPs | 35%Returned IDPs | 35%StatelessOthers of concern | 29%

Note: The "Stateless" category does not include stateless people who are also in other categories, to avoid double counting. The total number of stateless, across all categories, is .

NB: 2025 figures are planning figures.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder for years until 2022, UNHCR planning figures (COMPASS) otherwise.

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Financials

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Budget information for the current year is updated monthly, while budget and expenditure information for all other years are final.

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Latest updates

9 January 2022
published
3 years ago
1 January 2022
published
3 years ago
December 2021
published
3 years ago
Philippines Funding Update - 2021
31 December 2021
published
3 years ago
24 December 2021
published
3 years ago
19 December 2021
published
3 years ago
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