23/07/2026
This year’s Aid Worker Security Report, to be released August 19, will examine the rise in state detentions and arrests of aid workers. The growing criminalisation, control, and distrust of aid in some insecure contexts have greatly added to the risks and complexities of humanitarian response, shrinking access and challenging hard-earned acceptance aid groups built over decades.
The summary figures are now available for download here: https://humanitarianoutcomes.org/figures_at_a_glance_2026
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, United Nations OCHA
