At the crossroads of Africa and Europe, Tunisia is exposed to complex movement patterns involving refugees and migrants along the central Mediterranean route.
As of the end of December 2025, South Sudan hosts 605,062 refugees and asylum-seekers across 161,400 households, settled in 29 locations nationwide. This includes 601,814 registered refugees and 3,248 asylum-seekers.
After more than a decade of conflict, Yemen remains one of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises. The country continues to face the compounded impacts of conflict, climate change, economic collapse, and the near-total breakdown of public services and institutions.
Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts, the conflict that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 continues to fuel one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises, one marked by extreme violence, widespread human rights violations, and mass displacement.
Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, hit southwestern Jamaica on 28 October as a Category 5 system—the worst hurricane to hit the area since 1988—before crossing into eastern Cuba as a Category 3 the following day.
South Sudan hosts close to 600,000 refugees and asylum seekers with Sudan as the primary country of origin accounting for 95% of refugees, followed by DRC (3%), and Ethiopia (1%). Most refugees, (63%) reside in refugee camps across the country, 12% live in rural areas while 25% live in urban settings.
More than 2,000 people have been displaced following the armed attack carried out on 18 September by members of armed groups against the commune of Bassin-Bleu, in the Nord-Ouest department, according to the Departmental Directorate of Civil Protection.
UNHCR and the Commission for Refugees (COR) have responded to referrals of 312 individuals who had been in captivity on average between 5 to 9 months. They have all been accommodated in asylum reception centers for further legal screening and needs assessment.
In collaboration with the Departmental Directorate of Civil Protection-Artibonite (DDPC-A), as of 19 July, IOM reported 14,885 displaced persons (3,425 households) across the communes of Dessalines (11,857 IDPs), Saint-Michel (1,757 IDPs), Gonaïves (225 IDPs), and Verrettes (941 IDPs). All displaced people are currently staying with host families.
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haiti reached an all-time high, with nearly 1.3 million displaced as of 10 June, according to IOM’s latest Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
Approximately 14,885 people (3,425 households) have been displaced following armed attacks on 16 July 2025 in the communes of Dessalines (1st communal section of Villars) and Verrettes (1st communal section of Liancourt), in the Artibonite department.
Yemen remains one of the world’s most acute and complex humanitarian crises. In 2025, protracted conflict, economic decline, and extreme weather driven by climate change have left more than 19.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.
On the morning of Thursday, 3 July 2025, the security situation deteriorated in the Lascahobas area due to attacks orchestrated by armed groups. This escalation of violence has intensified the humanitarian crisis in the Centre Department, particularly in the Lower Plateau region.
Insecurity Insight identified at least 896 incidents that took place at IDP/refugee camps in 19 countries and one territory between January and April 2025. Camps came under attack through raids and bombings, with residents arrested, injured, killed, or subjected to sexual violence. Most incidents were reported from the occupied Palestinian territory.
As reported on 13 February 2025: In Zamzam Camp, El Fasher city, North Darfur state, seven people were killed, including two International aid workers, and 40 injured when the RSF carried out an attack for two days on the camp and looted and burned livestock
