IOM Says Nearly Two Million Sudanese Have Returned Home

Port Sudan – Sudanhorizon
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that more than two million displaced Sudanese and refugees have returned to their homes in less than a year.
In a statement, the UN agency reported that an estimated 2,004,302 people had gone back to their areas of origin between November 2024 and July 2025.
According to the statement, 1.9 million Sudanese returned to their original localities, either to their own homes or to alternative forms of shelter, while the remainder went back to their states or districts, though not necessarily to their exact places of origin.
The IOM noted that more than 1.5 million people had returned from inside Sudan, while over 455,000 came back from abroad. Collectively, they resettled in 1,611 sites across 39 localities in six states.
The statement highlighted that 48% of all returnees went to Gezira, 30% to Khartoum, 9% to Sennar, 7% to Blue Nile, and 5% to White Nile, while River Nile and West Darfur each received about 1%.
Only 587,000 people have so far returned to Khartoum State, from which 3.7 million residents had fled the violence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), before the army retook control of the state in March.
The statement further indicated that 97% of returnees cited improved security as the main reason for going back, while the rest mentioned lack of resources at displacement sites, family reunification, or forced return.
It also noted that 93% of returning families reported going back to their original homes regardless of damage or destruction, while 5% were housed in shelters, and the remainder settled with host families, in rented accommodation, or in schools.

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