Nearly 2 million refugees at risk as Uganda’s resources dwindle
4/8/2025: Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees as escalating crises in Sudan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) drive people to cross the border. Uganda is already Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country and the third largest globally.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Sharp increase of Afghan returns in adverse circumstances from Iran
28/6/2025: The UN Refugee Agency reports that over 640,000 Afghans have returned from Iran since the implementation of a deadline by the government on 20 March. The Agency warns that returns on such a scale have the potential to destabilise the fragile situation in Afghanistan.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
UN Refugee Agency estimates 2.5 million people need resettlement
24/6/2025: For 2026, the international community has set itself a goal to resettle 120,000 refugees, a small fraction of the 2.5 million refugees worldwide that need to be resettled. The largest groups are Afghans and Syrians.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
States across the Americas must uphold the right to seek asylum
20/6/2025: Amnesty International calls on states in the Americas to immediately restore access to asylum, reverse discriminatory policies and uphold their obligations under international law. In particular, the US has escalated mass immigration raids, detaining and separating families, with no due process guarantees.
Source: Amnesty International
UN Refugee Agency completes review of operations over loss of funding
15/6/2025: The UN Refugee Agency has completed a review of its activities, expenditure, staffing and structures, following a significant decline in humanitarian funding. In total, approximately 3,500 staff positions will be discontinued, despite the number of global refugees having nearly doubled over the last decade.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Funding cuts force new thinking for world’s largest refugee camp
10/6/2025: Funding cuts will soon dramatically change conditions for the more than one million Rohingya refugees who live in camps near Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh. Repatriation remains elusive while fighting plagues Rakhine State, where most of the Rohingya used to call home.
Source: The New Humanitarian
Trump’s travel ban will spread hate and discrimination
5/6/2025: Amnesty International has condemned Trump's ban on travel to the US from 12 countries as discriminatory, racist, and downright cruel. It also violates the right to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution.
Source: Amnesty International
Crisis at breaking point as Sudanese refugee numbers triple in Chad
3/6/2025: The UN Refugee Agency is concerned that more than 844,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad since April 2023, far exceeding the number received during the previous two decades.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Kenya embraces refugee integration, with support from citizens
21/4/2025: The Kenyan government has officially launched its Shirika Plan, an initiative to turn the country’s two refugee camps – Dadaab and Kakuma – into self-reliant integrated settlements. The Plan has been lauded as a major step forward in securing durable solutions for Kenya’s 800,000 refugees, the majority of whom are from neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan.
Source: The New Humanitarian
Remittances far outstrip foreign aid. But can they replace it?
16/4/2025: In 2024, global remittances totalled around $685 billion, outpacing foreign aid. India was the top recipient, with inflows reaching $129 billion, followed by Mexico with $68 billion. There is debate about the pros and cons of remittances.
Source: Devex