In its latest assessment released on Thursday, the UN migration agency said nearly 4.65 million people have returned across 74 localities, with 82% coming back from displacement sites within Sudan and 18% returning from abroad, News.Az reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
The findings are based on surveys conducted at nearly 13,000 locations across 185 localities in all 18 Sudanese states.
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Despite the increase in returns, the humanitarian situation remains severe. The IOM said Sudan still has around 8.69 million internally displaced people, although that figure is 25% below the peak displacement level recorded during the conflict and about 1% lower than the previous month.
Children continue to bear the brunt of the crisis. According to the agency, those under the age of 18 account for 55% of internally displaced people and 50% of all returnees.
The number of people returning home increased by 5% compared with the previous month, reflecting a gradual improvement in security conditions in some areas.
The IOM attributed the rise in return movements largely to the Sudanese army regaining control of Khartoum, Sennar and Al-Jazirah states from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
However, the agency warned that Sudan’s humanitarian crisis remains one of the world’s largest. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which erupted in 2023 over disputes surrounding the integration of the paramilitary force into the national military, has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced around 13 million at the height of the conflict, according to UN estimates.
