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Sudan is currently experiencing devastating conflict resulting in a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.

Concern is on the ground in Chad, providing Sudanese families with the life-changing support they need once they reach safety. 

The largest host communities for refugees are probably not the ones you think. Updated for 2025, these are the 10 countries with the largest refugee populations.

Over half of all internal displacements last year were due to climate change. Here’s what you need to know about “the refugees the world barely pays attention to.”

What does life look like for the 9.5 million refugees living in refugee camps, and what does it take to get there?

“We thought we’d be home quickly but now, thirteen years later, we’re still here in a refugee camp.”  Assia lives with her husband and seven children in Northern Lebanon. She is sitting inside their shelter, built from salvaged materials: wood planks, chicken wire, torn tarpaulin, concrete blocks, and a roof weighed down by car tyres.  Assia is from Syria. When violence forced her to flee her home, Assia hoped to return after a short while. Adjustment to life as a refugee was daunting. 

The challenges don’t end once asylum is granted. Read on for ten of the most common problems refugees face today, and what we're doing to help.

We explain why somebody would risk it all to make a journey for a better life, and dispel myths and unhelpful narratives around refugees. 

Parenting is hard. The present: A test of patience and judgement. The future: Unknown, hope and worry living side by side.  Fatima had always dreamed of providing her children with a good education, and a stable life. But conflict has pushed her dreams out of reach.  Fatima is from Syria, but lives in Lebanon with her husband and two sons. They are refugees.

Here’s what you need to know about the global refugee crisis for World Refugee Day, 2024. 

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) make up the largest group of the world's migration crisis, but have fewer rights compared to refugees. Learn more.

We’ll all be cheering on Team Ireland when they hit the track, boxing ring and pommel horse in Paris, but there is a very special team in the 2024 Olympics that you should know about.

A ‘grab and go’ challenge will enable people at the National Ploughing Championships to experience what it is like to have to suddenly flee their home to save their lives like displaced Sudanese mother and child Dahabeeja (29) and Akhdar (10 months) from South Darfur.

People forced to flee Sudan are doing everything in their power to keep their families safe. 

In 2023, conditions for refugees have not improved. Based on UNHCR data, here are the 10 largest refugee crises and situations to follow in 2024. 

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people have fled conflict to Chad. Here, we share some of their stories. 

Concern Gifts | Lettuce see what a difference you can make! For many families living in temporary refugee camps, there’s simply no space to grow food. But by using a ‘sack garden’, families can grow nutritious vegetables to feed their families.  Portable and requiring little water, this gift is a mini miracle that makes it possible for families to stay healthy.

A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in eastern Chad where hundreds of thousands of traumatised Sudanese people are in need of essential support after fleeing conflict, Concern Worldwide has warned.

For every headline about a refugee, there is a person who is seeking safety and a better future.

Five million registered Syrian refugees have fled to nearby countries, over 75% of those refugees are women and children. Here are some of the unique challenges they face.

Over 660,000 refugees are caught between war in Sudan and flooding in neighbouring South Sudan, according to an Irish aid organisation responding to both major humanitarian crises. 

As the number of refugees has grown in recent years, so too has misinformation about them. Here, we fix that by busting six of the most dangerous myths — and giving you six facts in their place.

Displaced people fleeing the escalating conflict in Lebanon are being supported by Concern Worldwide as it appeals for more funding for relief efforts. The Irish humanitarian organisation is working with the UN High Commission for Refugees and the Lebanese Red Cross providing emergency shelter in the north of the country and trying to locate more buildings to use as accommodation.  

The refugee crisis is a mental health crisis. This program in Lebanon helps Syrian refugees navigate the trauma of displacement and war.

Concern has successfully provided support to more than 15500 refugees in case management and international protection support. Also, at least 8200 have been reached through information sessions.

Mobile is one of several technological advancements that have helped us to manage the largest global refugee crisis on record. 

After eleven years of war in Syria, many refugees are still working to integrate into Turkish society and education. With EU funding, Concern is providing them with the support they need to secure quality education for their children.

Over the last decade-plus, it’s become increasingly recognized that education is urgently needed to prevent Syrian refugee children from becoming a “lost generation.” However, in two of the largest host communities for Syrians, there are many barriers to education.

We often use the different descriptions associated with displacement interchangeably. Here’s what each phrase means, and why the distinction matters.

Concern Worldwide is supporting over 400 children, aged under-five, who are among the 4,000 people directly affected by yesterday’s blaze in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar..