International displacement strategy
Lack of a holistic view and overarching strategy for addressing drivers of displacement and establishing effective prevention mechanisms.
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#8 - Department lacks holistic view and overarching strategy for displacement solutions and prevention.
The Department lacks a holistic view of the drivers of and solutions to displacement, and therefore lacks an overarching strategy to establish solutions and prevention mechanisms. This means that UK impact in this area is constrained, reducing value for money of relevant spending and resulting in a wasted opportunity to assist displaced people. (Conclusion, Paragraph 58)
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#7 - Formulate independent strategy for preventing and reducing displacement, not outsourcing to multilaterals.
Engagement with the World Bank’s fragility, conflict and violence strategy update is positive, but the Government should not assume that it can outsource to multilateral institutions the need to also formulate strategy on preventing and reducing displacement. (Conclusion, Paragraph 57)
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#17 - Work with British International Investment to target investment at mitigating displacement drivers.
The FCDO should work alongside British International Investment ahead of its 2026 strategy refresh, including on how BII can place more emphasis on, and better target investment at, mitigating the drivers of displacement across fragile and conflict-affected states. (Recommendation, Paragraph 88) Localisation
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#1 - UK ODA cuts indicate stepping back from addressing global displacement crisis.
There is a global displacement crisis. The UK cannot solve it alone, and nor should it be expected to. However, significant cuts to UK ODA and development programming indicate a United Kingdom that is stepping back from the world stage at a time when engagement and collaboration are most needed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 15) FCDO strategy
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#9 - Commission a holistic review of displacement drivers and solutions, reporting findings within one year.
The FCDO should commission a holistic review of the drivers of and solutions to displacement, reporting its findings to the Committee within one year of the publication of this report. (Recommendation, Paragraph 59)
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#16 - British International Investment demonstrates strong track record investing in fragile states, mitigating displacement drivers.
The private sector can play a pivotal role in stimulating the economies of fragile and conflict-affected states. British International Investment has a strong track record of investing in difficult environments, particularly within fragile and conflict-affected states, helping to mitigate the drivers of displacement. (Conclusion, Paragraph 87)
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#5 - Set out measures to increase data for climate adaptation and displacement prevention planning.
In its response to this report, the FCDO should set out the measures it is taking to increase the data available to policy teams when planning medium to long-term climate adaptation investments; and whether prevention of climate-induced displacement is one of the criteria that these teams must remain cognisant of. (Recommendation, Paragraph 49)
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#4 - Better integrate climate threat modelling into displacement work planning.
Climate change is a current and growing driver of displacement, and the Department must better integrate the modelling of climate threats into its planning for its displacement work. (Conclusion, Paragraph 48)
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#10 - Appoint a new Special Envoy for Displacement to oversee policy teams and facilitate coordination.
The Department should appoint a new Special Envoy for Displacement who can oversee the discrete policy teams that work on mitigating the drivers of displacement, facilitating policy co-ordination between teams and ensuring consistency of outputs. (Recommendation, Paragraph 60) Displaced women and girls
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#23 - Ensure UK and partners disaggregate programme data by age, gender, ability, and displacement status
The FCDO should ensure that the UK and partners disaggregate monitoring and programme data by age, gender, ability and displacement status at a minimum; do so systematically; and make this data available publicly. (Recommendation, Paragraph 104) 37
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#21 - FCDO's sub-optimal data collection limits accurate targeting of displacement spending
The FCDO may be limited in its ability to accurately target displacement- related humanitarian and development spending owing to its sub-optimal data collection. (Conclusion, Paragraph 102)
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#31 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
As the crisis continues, IDPs in the region are unlikely to be able to return home and the fragile security situation makes further displacements likely. The Humanitarian Needs Overview said: The situation in Tigray will continue to impact the overall living conditions of the resident population in all the zones with high likelihood of increased levels of food...
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#29 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are amongst the hardest hit by the crisis.69 In March the UN’s initial estimate was that there were 521,200 newly internally displaced people, of whom 493,300 were in Tigray, 23,680 in Afar, and 3,850 in Amhara region. In addition, over 61,000 people from Ethiopia had sought safety in Eastern Sudan.70 Table 1 shows a...
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#1 - Fifth Report - Extreme poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals
The effects of COVID-19, climate change and conflict are undermining decades of progress on eliminating extreme poverty. Extreme poverty drives conflict, displacement and migration. Eliminating extreme poverty is fundamental to everyone’s security and prosperity. (Paragraph 23) Effective interventions
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#2 - ODA share for poverty reduction programming has declined in recent years.
Programming to reduce poverty, which drives displacement and exacerbates other drivers, has received a declining share of ODA in recent years. (Conclusion, Paragraph 29)
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#30 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The International Medical Corps has reported large displacements in Western Tigray heading towards the town of Shire, where approximately 1,500 people were arriving each day. Edward Brown, World Vision Ethiopia, gave us a broadly similar figure but he drew our attention to the fact that this included hundreds of unaccompanied children.73 The OCHA situation update for 22 March...
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#20 - Set out plan to rapidly increase engagement with local actors in humanitarian settings
In response to this report, the Department must set out how it will make rapid progress in meeting commitments made, principally via the Grand Bargain and Global Compact on Refugees, to increase its engagement with and utilisation of local and national actors in humanitarian and development settings. (Recommendation, Paragraph 98) 36 FCDO’s use of data on displacement
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#19 - 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)
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PFD report
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Leo Barber
Vulnerable children can access online suicide material, and international service providers’ jurisdictional stance can obstruct coronial investigations, hindering efforts to prevent future deaths.
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#16 - Require all international partners to recognise and plan for long-term support for Gaza's IDPs.
The internally displaced people (IDPs) in Gaza will not be able to go home when the fighting ends. Most do not have a home or livelihood to go to and children will have missed months of education. This means that that the whole population will likely be dependent on aid and living in temporary shelters for a long...
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#23 - Consider interconnected challenges in fragile states when deploying ODA financial and human resources holistically.
We urge the Government to consider the nature of interconnected challenges such as nutrition, food systems, education, Water Sanitation and Hygiene, and governance challenges—particularly in relation to fragile and conflict-affected states—as it plans how it will deploy its financial and human resources in a holistic way over this spending period. (Recommendation, Paragraph 44) 17
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#22 - Government must maintain flexibility within ODA priorities to respond to interconnected development challenges.
The Government’s focusses on global health, and climate and nature are welcome. However, the Government must maintain the flexibility within these priorities to accommodate the interconnectedness of development challenges. It also needs the flexibility to be able to respond to needs expressed by its bilateral partners in governments and civil society. This is particularly important in fragile and...
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#19 - ODA resourcing decisions must prioritise greatest need in fragile and climate-vulnerable states.
In the coming years, the greatest need will be in fragile and conflict- affected states, and states most vulnerable to climate change. Working in partnership to address these needs mutually benefits the affected countries and the UK. The empowerment and equipping of these states, and their civil society organisations, should be central to the FCDO’s approach. Resourcing decisions...
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#68 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
A failure to adequately resource the response to this crisis increases the risk of a ripple effect of instability throughout the region. The failure to support the communities of Tigray, combined with the lack of an inclusive political settlement, compromises hard-won development gains in Ethiopia, and has the potential to jeopardise the broader development and stability gains funded...
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#33 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
As insecurity continues in Tigray, humanitarian access to the region remains constrained, particularly in and around the city of Shire.79 Fighting, clashes, and ambushes have affected not only the safety and wellbeing of millions of people but also constrained humanitarian agencies’ operations.80 The delivery of humanitarian assistance is further complicated by bureaucratic obstacles and the presence of various...
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#25 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The situation in Tigray is dire and far from improving, despite the significant efforts of humanitarian agencies to provide assistance.55 Many thousands of people have been displaced by fighting and there are reports of some villages being completely emptied.56 Thousands more are trapped by fighting or lack transport to escape it.57 Basic services, such as communications and electricity,...
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#49 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Food security is a crucial component of the emergency response and we are deeply concerned by reports that hunger is being used in the conflict to achieve political ends. With the FCDO having appointed a Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, the UK is well-placed to lead international efforts in not only condemning these actions, but...
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PFD report
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Lee Brown
There's a lack of emergency access protocols for consular officers to detained British nationals, especially those in mental health crisis. FCDO travel advice is insufficient regarding the specific consequences of detention in Dubai.
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#62 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
As the conflict continues, there is a risk the violence in Tigray could destabilise the broader region, spreading instability to already fragile neighbouring states such as Sudan. There is a significant risk that the conflict could become protracted or escalate, creating a devastating long-term impact for communities in Tigray and hindering broader regional development. Using existing expertise from...
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#6 - Fifth Report - Afghanistan: UK support for aid workers and the Afghan people
The Government should not consider people evacuated under Operation Pitting under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), instead it should consider those people under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme (ARAP) or other pre-existing pathways. The ACRS should be reserved for people: • located in Afghanistan; • located in third countries; • who have travelled to the...
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#22 - Start systematically tracking and publishing official data on spending for refugees overseas
To help determine a baseline and future targets, the FCDO should start systematically tracking and publishing official data on how much it spends on supporting refugees and internally displaced people overseas. (Recommendation, Paragraph 103)
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#18 - Insufficient progress meeting localisation commitments in humanitarian programming.
Despite long-standing commitments, the Government is not making sufficient progress in meeting its commitments to localisation in humanitarian programming. The steps taken by the UNHCR on improving localisation in its partnerships should serve as a blueprint for how the Government can make progress in this regard. (Conclusion, Paragraph 96)
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#52 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Dr Christian Rogg, the FCDO’s Development Director for Ethiopia, echoed CARE International’s findings, telling us that most healthcare facilities were not functioning. He said restoring services would be challenging because facilities had been looted and personnel had left leading to a “combination of missing equipment or damaged facilities and lack of personnel”.121 Paul Turnbull, UN WFP Ethiopia, said,...
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#51 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The multiagency rapid needs assessment published in January 2021 noted there were no health services in the areas of Southern Tigray affected by the conflict, meaning that regular health service activities such as Maternal and Child Health, treatment of endemic diseases, and the supply of essential drugs for chronic illnesses had stopped.117 Many health facilities have few or...
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#46 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Hunger in Tigray is an acute problem, with the World Peace Foundation detailing how the situation goes beyond immediate destruction and includes “dismembering the components of an elaborate food security system built up over decades”.113 Considering how the international community should best respond to the situation, it says, United Nations Security Council resolution 2417 (armed conflict and hunger)...
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Committee recommendation
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#20 - Home Office lacks a clear timeline for fully phasing out asylum seeker hotel accommodation.
Since 2020, the Home Office has increasingly used hotels to accommodate people seeking asylum, as demand for accommodation increased and there was an insufficient supply of alternative accommodation. In October 2023, the Home Office announced that it intended to stop using some of its 400 asylum hotels in the coming months.32 The Home Office told us that there...
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#16 - Many asylum seekers remain in limbo with unprocessed claims pending relocation.
The Illegal Migration Bill was first introduced to Parliament in March 2023, and since this time the Home Office has not been processing claims for the majority of people arriving in small boats and through other irregular means. We remarked that at the time of our evidence session, individuals could not apply for asylum and the Home Secretary...
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#7 - Department estimates resettling up to 27,278 individuals due to Afghan data breach.
At the end of July 2025, the Department estimated that it would resettle 7,355 people through the ARR scheme as a direct result of the February 2022 data breach. This included 1,531 ‘principals’ (initial applicants) 6 C&AG’s Report, para 8 7 C&AG’s Report, para 22 8 C&AG’s Report, paras 9, 10, 17 9 C&AG’s Report para 9, Q...
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#58 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
We recommend that the FCDO applies its learnings from other crises and works with other donors to create a plan of action that is properly funded for the restoration of basic services to Tigray. In creating this plan, it should engage with local communities and work closely with regional authorities and other donors to identify a hierarchy of...
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#57 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The provision and distribution of lifesaving humanitarian assistance, such as shelter, food and medicine, is a vital first stage in the response to the situation in Tigray. Following this, the restoration of basic services such as schools and hospitals will be key in both responding to current needs and starting the path towards post- conflict reconstruction. Health and...
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#56 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary said the looting of health centres and destruction of vital infrastructure by Eritrean forces and other belligerents had led to “the disintegration of essential basic services and is exacerbating the parlous humanitarian context.”132 He noted that there were reports that looting of health centres was ongoing and would complicate efforts to restore...
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#54 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Basic services were cut off at the start of the conflict and more than 4.5 million people have been without adequate power or communications for more than four months.129 Filippo Grandi pointed out that the closure of the banking and telecommunications systems had “added to the hardship of thousands of people”.130 Some critical infrastructure, including roads and bridges,...
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#53 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
Around 1.3 million children have not been able to access education.123 UNICEF reported that schools had been looted, vandalised and occupied by armed forces and groups.124 About a quarter of the schools in Tigray have been damaged125 and cases of vandalism and looting are still surfacing.126 Many teachers have abandoned their posts due to insecurity or the fact...
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#50 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
People in Tigray have very little access to healthcare.115 Hospitals, health facilities, medical supplies and ambulances have been looted. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) estimated that barely 1 in 10 health facilities were functioning; of the 106 health facilities MSF teams visited, one in five was or had been occupied by armed soldiers and one facility was being used...
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#45 - Tenth Report - The humanitarian situation in Tigray
The response to the need for shelter was alarmingly low compared to the response to other needs.110 Paul Turnbull said IDP camps could probably be avoided if enough support could be provided to IDPs and their hosts. He noted the problems that flow from having established camps and told us that “We would definitely like to avoid setting...
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#24 - Rwanda partnership's value for money depends on deterring a significant number of illegal entries.
The success—and value for money—of the Rwanda partnership depends on whether it deters people from making dangerous and illegal journeys to the UK, including small boat crossings. In 2023, the Home Office estimated that illegal entries need to reduce by one third from 2022 levels for the policy to represent value for money. Based on illegal migration levels...
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#22 - Increased asylum decisions burden local authorities with rising homelessness and significant costs.
The National Audit Office reported that the increase in asylum decisions had placed greater pressure on local authorities to support refugees in finding accommodation, and increased the risk of homelessness and rough sleeping.35 We received written evidence from the London Councils, which told us that there were 311 refugees sleeping rough across London in January 2023, after leaving...
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#20 - Participate in multilateral peace process, supporting reconstruction and UN agencies in Gaza and West Bank.
A key component of the UK’s policy in support of a two-state solution must be participation in the reconstruction of Gaza and areas of the West Bank that have been rendered uninhabitable by military action. Institution building requires physical infrastructure as well as investment in human capital, especially education and healthcare. However, major funders in the region like...
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#9 - Full resettlement of eligible individuals accepting offers will take several years.
We asked the Department how confident it was that it would be able to resettle all those individuals, and how long it would take. The Department said that the estimate of 7,355 was a “maximalist projection” because it expected that around 80% of eligible principals would take up the offer of resettlement.17 The Department said that it would...
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#7 - Home Office unable to provide firm date for Homes for Ukraine visa extension decisions.
We raised our concerns about the challenges facing Ukrainians whose visas are coming to an end. We also asked the Home Office when it thought it would make a decision so it could provide reassurance to those taking part in the scheme, especially those who do not have a home to go back to because it had been...
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