Global Displacement Forecast 2026

Last 16 April DRC has releases the sixth edition of the Global Displacement Forecast, our annual, forward‑looking analysis of how forced displacement is likely to evolve across some of the world’s most fragile and crisis‑affected contexts. 

The Report will focus on the structural pressures that are set to shape future displacement, from conflict to institutional fragility, from climate shocks to economic stress, and declining international support.  By identifying these patterns early, we can enable earlier, more preventive and anticipatory action before crises deepen.

Our Secretary General, Charlotte Slente, opened the event, followed by a presentation of the report’s key findings by Alexander Kjaerum, Senior Analyst at DRC and the report’s author.

The weninar continued with a panel discussion and a Q&A session with the public.

Our guests:
Xavier Devictor - Advisor, Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, World Bank
Laurent palustran - Country Director South Sudan, Danish Refugee Council
Mariam Jalabi - Co-founding member, Syrian Women’s Political Movement
Renet van der Waals - Deputy Head of the Peacebuilding and Protection Division of the Department of Peace, Stability and Humanitarian Affairs at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

If you have missed it, you can view the recording here.