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UN describes displacement crisis in Lebanon
📅 8 October 2024The UN reported more than 600,000 internally displaced people identified by IOM, with many schools serving as collective shelters. Humanitarian access to Tyre remained difficult.
UN documents large-scale internal displacement
📅 8 October 2024OCHA reported Lebanese estimates exceeding one million displaced people, with IOM identifying over 600,000 internally displaced people as of that date.
UNHCR protection brief records mass displacement
📅 21 October 2024UNHCR reported 809,043 internally displaced people as of 21 October, alongside damaged health and water facilities. This is a dated reporting milestone, not a separate armed action.
OCHA flash update reports mounting civilian toll
📅 31 October 2024OCHA humanitarian reporting described widespread displacement, healthcare attacks and deaths in Lebanon, using provisional Ministry of Public Health and IOM figures.
UNHCR records 2.9 million returns to Afghanistan in 2025
📅 24 February 2026UNHCR estimated 2.9 million Afghan returns in 2025, many under adverse conditions. Limited housing, work and services deepened the humanitarian strain on returnees.