Middle East and North Africa

New and long-standing conflicts are affecting the region and exacerbating forced displacement.

Global Appeal 2025 | Regional Overview

 

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Internally displaced people faced dire conditions at an IDP site in Sa’ada city, Yemen, after heavy rains flooded their makeshift shelters built from tarpaulins and bricks. UNHCR and its local partner responded with immediate support providing temporary shelters, relief items and essential supplies, and UNHCR provided cash assistance to affected families. © UNHCR/YDF
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Global Appeal 2025 | Regional Overview

The Middle East and North Africa region is grappling with new and long-standing challenges related to forced displacement. Complex political and security environments are exacerbated by adverse global socioeconomic conditions, high inflation, dwindling donor interest, and decreasing tolerance for those supported by UNHCR. By mid-2024, there were 16.6 million forcibly displaced and stateless people in the region. Their humanitarian conditions remain precarious, particularly in terms of access to basic services, including livelihoods, and the risk of expulsion from several countries. 

To read more about UNHCR’s planning for 2025 in the Middle East and North Africa, please download the regional overview PDF.

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Populations

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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  .

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.

Population by country

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.

Population by origin

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder.

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Budget by Impact Areas

Protect: Attaining favourable protection environments
Respond: Realizing rights in safe environments
Empower: Empowering communities and achieving gender equality
Solve: Securing solutions

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by Outcome and Enabling Areas

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

Budget by operation

Source: 2025 budget was approved by ExCom in October 2024 while the 2024 budget figures include the latest supplementary appeals and are updated on a monthly basis.

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