UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Force in Play

Leading displacement monitoring and refugee response in Iran and the region

The US-Israeli war on Iran began February 28 and displaced up to 3.2 million people inside the country in two weeks, per the UN refugee agency.

Updated Sep 4

Force in Play

Confirmed six million returns; 2026 response funding at 8 percent

Nazia spent decades in Pakistan with her eight sisters and their children. In 2026, authorities deported the family to Afghanistan, a country she told the BBC she had never seen. She is one of six million Afghans returned since September 2023, a wave UNHCR calls the largest in recent history.

Updated Sep 4

Rule Changes

Operating on 23% of $10.2 billion budget; 11.6 million losing aid

The United States pledged $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid on December 29, down from as much as $17 billion annually—an 88% cut. Within hours of his January inauguration, Trump froze nearly all foreign assistance, dismantled USAID entirely by July, and warned UN agencies they must 'adapt, shrink or die.'

Updated May 18