122m forcibly displaced worldwide, reveals UN

The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record peak but remains “untenably high,” the United Nations said on Thursday.

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A record 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes at the end of 2024, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. But that figure dropped to 122.1 million by the end of April this year, as Syrians began returning home after years of turmoil.

More than 1.5 million Syrians have been able to return home from abroad or from displacement within the war-ravaged country.

But the UNHCR warned that the course of major conflicts worldwide would determine whether the figure would rise again.