Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 12
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High in-country refugee costs are disproportionately classified as ODA, diverting funds from global poor.
Conclusion
The Committee notes the continuing badging of high levels of Government spending on refugee costs within the UK as ODA with dismay. Whilst the Spending Review commits to ending the use of asylum hotels in this Parliament, the level of the UK’s in-country support for the poorest people in the world should not be dependent on the success of domestic immigration policy. (Conclusion, Paragraph 45)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 11 February 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗