A man unloads humanitarian aid supplied by the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR at a school in Beirut used as a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes.
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Commentary

Refugee Numbers Dropped in 2025 — But Aid Cuts and Other Trends Suggest Little to Celebrate

In a new piece for The Conversation, Kelsey Norman and Nicholas R. Micinski examine how declining refugee numbers in 2025 coincide with a broader shift in global humanitarian financing, arguing that aid cuts and policies linking assistance to migration control are leaving refugees with fewer resources and more limited pathways to protection.
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