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The FCDO's approach to displaced people

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Dec 2024 Closed: 17 Sep 2025 11 recommendations 12 conclusions 1 report

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 host countries. Building on the …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
6th report - The FCDO's Approach to Displaced People HC 525 17 Sep 2025 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
19 Recommendation 6th report - The FCDO's Approach to Dis… Deferred

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.

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
3 Jun 2025 Matthew Wyatt · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Melinda Bohannon · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington · Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View ↗
29 Apr 2025 Achim Steiner · United Nations Development Programme, Arafat Jamal · UNHCR, Colin Buckley · British International Investment, Mónica Ferro · UNFPA View ↗
1 Apr 2025 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 View ↗
4 Mar 2025 Belinda, Fatimah, Katy Nembe Katonda · CAFOD, Tinebeb Berhane · ActionAid Ethiopia, Zohal View ↗