The United Nations has said today that a record-breaking 120 million people were living in a forcibly displaced status globally between the beginning of 2023 to May 2024.

The new data was revealed in the Global Trends report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The report said, that around 117.3 million people remained forcibly displaced at the end of 2023, having been forced to flee persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told reporters that conflict remains an important driver of mass displacement.

Myanmar, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, Congo, Somalia, Haiti, Syria and Armenia were among the countries mentioned where conflict and violence had forced people to seek safety elsewhere.