A recent international report indicates that Yemen's humanitarian crisis has been significantly neglected by the global community, ranking it fourth among the most overlooked displacement crises worldwide in 2025. This oversight persists despite the ongoing suffering of millions of displaced individuals and a noticeable decline in international attention.
The finding is detailed in the tenth edition of the "Forgotten Displacement Crises" report, released by the Norwegian Refugee Council. This report identifies humanitarian crises that fail to receive adequate media or diplomatic focus and suffer from a severe shortage of funding and aid.
According to the report, Yemen is placed fourth, following Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia, on a list of ten countries experiencing the most disregarded displacement crises last year. The full list also includes Afghanistan, Honduras, Ecuador, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Mozambique.
The report highlights that these crises span three continents and affect tens of millions of people who remain outside the scope of international concern, both in terms of media coverage and humanitarian and diplomatic response. In 2025, the international community provided less than $40 per individual in need across these ten neglected displacement crises, falling short of the estimated requirement exceeding $52 per person.
Data from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees corroborates this, showing a rise in Yemen's displaced population to approximately 5.2 million people this year due to the ongoing conflict and its humanitarian repercussions. The report stresses that the gap between humanitarian needs and available funding is widening due to steep reductions in aid, disproportionately impacting already underfunded crises.
Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, stated that the neglect of these crises represents a "global failure to respond to crises that are not of strategic importance to wealthy nations." He emphasized that millions are left without adequate protection or support, despite the availability of resources to address their suffering.
The Council urges donor governments to fund humanitarian crises based on actual needs and displacement levels, irrespective of political or geopolitical considerations. It also calls upon international media outlets to increase their coverage of forgotten crises, with the Yemeni crisis being a prominent example.
