High Commissioner's Remarks | Global Trends

At the Palais des Nations in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih presents UNHCR's Global Trends Report and calls for a renewed global push for peace, protection, and solutions. The Global Trends Report showed that more than 70 per cent of refugees and others in need of international protection originated from Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. The largest hosts of refugees and other people in need of international protection in 2025 were: Colombia (2.8 million), Germany (2.7 million), Türkiye (2.4 million), Uganda (1.9 million), Islamic Republic of Iran (1.7 million), Chad (1.5 million) and Pakistan (1.3 million). In total, data from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre shows 68.6 million people were estimated as internally displaced due to conflict or violence as of end-2025, a 7 per cent decrease from end-2024; Sudan remained the largest crisis globally with 9.1 million displaced within the country. The war in the Middle East, which began in February 2026, has resulted in an estimated 1 million internally displaced people in Lebanon by mid-May 2026 and 3.2 million people temporarily displaced in the Islamic Republic of Iran as of the end of March 2026. An estimated 4.5 million stateless people were reported globally at end-2025, 3 per cent more than a year earlier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information for media: If you would like to use this video to communicate refugee stories or require B-Roll, transcripts, stills or much more information, please visit our media page: https://media.unhcr.org UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, works to protect and assist those fleeing war and persecution. Since 1950, we have helped tens of millions of people find safety and rebuild their lives. With your support, we can restore hope for many more. Learn more on our website: http://UNHCR.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------