The FCDO's approach to displaced people

International Development Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 9 Dec 2024 Closed: 17 Sep 2025 Parliament page
2024 saw a continuing rise in global displacement, with at least 117.3 million people forced to flee their homes, including nearly 43.4 million refugees, around 40% of whom are under the age of 18. These vast movements of peoples, and the associated costs and disruptions, can cause significant problems in … Read more
11 Recommendations
12 Conclusions
1 Report
4 Oral sessions
4 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
3 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
29 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
1 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
4 Mar
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 4 sessions
FCDO’s approach to displaced people; FCDO's Approach to Value for Money
Matthew Wyatt · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Melinda Bohannon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
The FCDO's approach to displaced people
Achim Steiner · United Nations Development Programme Arafat Jamal · UNHCR Colin Buckley · British International Investment Mónica Ferro · UNFPA
The FCDO’s approach to displaced people
Bethan Lewis · Plan International UK Daphne Jayasinghe · International Rescue Committee Dr Jessica Hagen-Zanker · ODI Global Gideon Rabinowitz · Bond Hélène Kuperman-Le-Bihan · Mines Advisory Group Louis Hoffmann · International Organization for Migration
The FCDO's approach to displaced people
Belinda Fatimah Katy Nembe Katonda · CAFOD Tinebeb Berhane · ActionAid Ethiopia Zohal
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
19 Recommendation Deferred
6th report - The FCDO's Approach t…
Explain reasoning for not signing Global Compact on Refugees multi-stakeholder pledge
In response to this report, the Government must explain its reasoning for not signing up to the Global Compact on Refugees’ multi-stakeholder pledge on advancing localisation in displacement and statelessness responses. (Recommendation, Paragraph 97)
Government Response
The government agrees to the recommendation and states it will review its position on the multi-stakeholder pledge on advancing localisation in displacement and statelessness responses.
Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 11 classified

Total 11 recs + 12 conclusions