PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION – UNDP AND UNHCR COOPERATION ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS Global displacement1 The need for UNDP-UNHCR collaboration on achieving inclusion and durable solutions for the forcibly displaced is increasing as conflicts and natural disasters continue to force people to flee their homes. The rise in overall forced displacement – to 120 million by May 2024 – was the 12th consecutive annual increase and reflects both new and mutating conflicts and a failure to resolve long-standing crises. The devastating conflict in Sudan uprooted 10.8 million people. Up to 1.7 million people (75% of the population) had been displaced in the Gaza Strip by the catastrophic violence, most of whom were Palestine refugees, according to UNRWA. Meanwhile, existing displacement crises endure in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar and South Sudan. Syria remains the world’s largest displacement crisis, with 13.8 million forcibly displaced in and outside the country. In many cases situations of displacement are more than a decade old, and whole generations are growing up in situations of displacement. On top of this, the numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees able to return in safety and dignity to their homes remain far below what is needed. Source: UNHCR, ‘Global Trends Report, Forced Displacement in 2023’ 1 Figures from 2024 Global Trends Report, UNHCR. https://www.unhcr.org/global-trends U N H C R a n d U N D P | PA R T N E R S H I P I N A C T I O N – U N D P A N D U N H C R C O O P E R AT I O N O N F O R C E D D I S P L A C E M E N T A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S 5