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UN: Global Displacement Hits Record 123.2M

Published JUN 12 2025·Updated JUN 13 2025

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Above: People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced rest in a makeshift encampment near Tawila in Sudan's Darfur on April 13, 2025. Image credit: Contributor/AFP via Getty Images

The Spin

Narrative A

The slight decrease in global displacement numbers represents genuine progress as millions of Syrians voluntarily return home after Assad's fall, demonstrating that political solutions can resolve refugee crises. The record resettlement numbers of 188,800 people show the international community's commitment to burden-sharing.

France 24 EL PAÍS English

Narrative B

The displacement crisis remains catastrophic, with 123.2 million people still uprooted, while funding cuts from wealthy nations abandon vulnerable populations. Many returns are forced deportations rather than voluntary, and conflicts in Sudan, Ukraine, and Myanmar continue generating massive new displacement.

Al Jazeera Unrefugees