»Die Zahl der Vertriebenen hat sich in den vergangenen zehn Jahren verdoppelt«

The number of people forced to flee persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order rose in 2024, reaching a record 123.2 million. This is an increase of 7 million people or 6 per cent compared to the end of 2023. One in 67 people globally were forcibly displaced at the end of 2024. Slightly more than one-third of all forcibly displaced people globally were Sudanese (14.3 million), Syrian (13.5 million), Afghan (10.3 million) or Ukrainian (8.8 million). 

During 2024, millions of people were displaced, including an estimated 20.1 million within their own country15 and 5.4 million as refugees and asylum-seekers. Over the last decade, the number of forcibly displaced people has almost doubled. However, the rate of increase in the number of people forcibly displaced slowed in the second half of 2024. As shown in figure 1, while there was an estimated increase of 5.2 million forcibly displaced people in the first half  of 2024, the increase in the second half of the year dropped to only a third of that, 1.7 million.

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