This drought vulnerability map for Lebanon is the outcome of a research-driven and consultative process that integrates geospatial analysis, scientific modeling, and stakeholder input.
Since 8 December 2024, UNHCR estimates 1,260,240 Syrians have returned to Syria from neighbouring countries, including some 437,586 from or via Lebanon. Returns are taking place through official and unofficial border crossing points, which complicates tracking.
Since January 2025, 379,103 Syrian individuals known to UNHCR have been inactivated from UNHCR’s database due to both confirmed and presumed returns to Syria.
One month after the takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur, and the escalation of armed clashes in Kordofan states, displacement has increased. Civilians, including previously displaced families and refugees, have been forced to flee to relatively safer states and localities.
As of 27 November, 1,260,240 individuals have returned to Syria since 8 December while 1,950,090 internally displaced persons have returned to their areas of origin/selected destination in the same period.
The LRP Overview and Scope outlines the population targets, funding status, and strategic objectives of the response. It provides a comprehensive overview of targeting approaches, prioritization of interventions within sector strategies, and geographical coverage.
Since February 2025, 190,000 South Sudanese have sought refuge in countries neighboring South Sudan, including an estimated 45,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 39,000 in Ethiopia, 75,000 in Sudan, and 30,000 in Uganda.
Sudan remains at the epicentre of one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises globally. Since conflict erupted in April 2023, violence has displaced more than 7.7 million people1 within the country and forced over four million others to flee across borders in search of safety.
As of 20 November, UNHCR estimates that 1,246,037 individuals have returned to Syria from other countries since 8 December 2024. As of 13 November, 1,944,762 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are estimated to have returned to their areas of origin, of whom 1,062,229 departed from IDP sites in northwest and northeast Syria.
There are now million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including million internally and million in neighbouring countries.
