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About us

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced

 

at the end of 2023 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.

43.4 million refugees

  • 31.6 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate
  • 5.8 million other people in need of international protection
  • 6 million Palestine refugees under UNRWA’s mandate

68.3 million internally displaced people

 

 

 

 

 

6.9 million asylum-seekers

 

 

 

 

 

75% hosted in low- and middle-income countries

Low- and middle-income countries hosted 75 per cent of the world’s refugees and other people in need of international protection.

69% hosted in neighbouring countries

69 per cent of of refugees and other people in need of international protection lived in countries neighbouring their countries of origin.

Demographics of forcibly displaced people

Children account for 30 per cent of the world’s population, but 40 per cent of all forcibly displaced people.