"By the end of 2025 there were 32.3m conflict-driven internal displacements. That is 60% higher than those recorded the previous year, and for the first time since data collection began in 2008 above displacements driven by natural disasters, which reached 29.9m in 2025."
"Jan Egeland, the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, described the figures as a sign of a global collapse in basic protection of civilians. Countless families are returning to destroyed homes and disappearing services or cannot return at all. From DR Congo and Sudan to Iran and Lebanon, we see millions more displaced on top of the previous record numbers driven out of their homes, he added."
"Internal displacements refer to each new instance that a person is forced to flee within the borders of their own country. The same person can be displaced several times. The IDMC's Global Report on Internal Displacement also shows that the number of people displaced during 2025 or earlier but who still remain displaced remains high."
"In total, 82.2 million people were displaced in 2025, the second-highest figure after the historical peak in 2024 of 83.5 million and the first decrease in the number of people forced to flee since data collection began 20 years ago. The total number of internal displacements was 62.2m in 2025. The decline in the number of people displaced is due to people returning in parts of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria, and lack of data availability."
By the end of 2025, conflict-driven internal displacements reached 32.3 million worldwide, 60% higher than the previous year. For the first time since data collection began in 2008, conflict-driven displacement exceeded disaster-driven displacement, which totaled 29.9 million in 2025. Conflict-driven displacement was described as evidence of a global collapse in basic protection for civilians, with families returning to destroyed homes, losing services, or being unable to return. Internal displacement includes repeated forced movements within a country. In 2025, 82.2 million people were displaced, the second-highest total after 2024, and internal displacements totaled 62.2 million. Returns in parts of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Syria, along with data gaps, contributed to a decline in the number of people forced to flee.
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