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Forced displacement in Africa inquiry

Inquiry

The International Development Committee launched an inquiry into forced displacement in Africa. According to official figures, there are now 68.5 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, 20 million of which currently reside in Africa. This includes more than 13 million internally displaced people (IDPs), 5.6 million refugees and over 700,000 stateless individuals.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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10th Report - Forced Displacement in Africa: “Anchors not Walls”
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11th Special Report - Forced displacement in Africa: ‘Anchors not Walls’: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report
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11th Special Report - Forced displacement in Africa: ‘Anchors not Walls’: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report
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Correspondence

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Letter, 11 February 2019, from the Minister of State, concerning follow-up questions on the forced displacement in Africa inquiry
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Oral evidence transcripts

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15 January 2019
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Witnesses Harriett Baldwin MP, Minister of State for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Minister of State for International Development, Chris Kiggell, Policy Manager protracted crises, and Yves Horent, Senior Humanitarian Adviser in Africa Regional Department, Department for International Development.
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Oral Evidence
6 November 2018
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Witnesses Marta Foresti, Director of the Human Mobility Initiative, Overseas Development Institute, Dr Laura Hammond, Reader in Development Studies, SOAS, and Professor Gaim Kibreab, Course Director, Refugee Studies, London South Bank University; Garad Mohamed, Student and former Somali refugee (at 10.45am).
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23 October 2018
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Witnesses Professor Alexander Betts, Forced Migration and International Affairs, Oxford Department for International Development.
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Written evidence

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Dr Jonathan Fisher, University of Birmingham, Dr Cherry Leonardi, Durham University and the International Refugee Rights Initiative (FDA0023)
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Lee Crawfurd, Strategic Advisor, Ministry of Education Rwanda (FDA0022)
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UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (FDA0021)
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Contact us

  • Email: indcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1223/3285 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 4984 (media enquiries)
  • Address: International Development Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA