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UK aid for refugee host countries

Inquiry

Report and Government response published

The International Development Committee held an inquiry into UK support for countries which host large numbers of refugees. The inquiry focused on the case studies of Jordan and Lebanon, both of which have hosted large numbers of Palestinian refugees since 1948 and refugees from Syria for more than a decade.

The Report found that an ambitious global strategy is essential to ensure that countries that respond to humanitarian crises by welcoming refugees are supported over the short, medium and long term. Current practices fail both refugees and the countries that host them.

In addition, the international community needs to commit to finding political solutions to enable refugees to return home. The report says the international community must be able to demonstrate its lasting commitment to the host country and provide certainty that it will ‘stay the course’ of the refugee response.

Read the Report: UK aid for refugee host countries

Read the Government response: UK aid for refugee host countries

 

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Past events

Tuesday 17 January 2023
2:30pm Public
UK aid for refugee host countries - Oral evidence 17 January 2023
2:30pm
  • H.E Rami Mortada (Ambassador at Embassy of Lebanon in the United Kingdom)
3:00pm
  • Najat El Hamri (Regional Director, Middle East at MAG (Mines Advisory Group))
  • Suzanne Takkenberg (Country Director at Action Against Hunger Lebanon)
  • Hoda Samra Souaiby (Senior media and communications advisor at UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Lebanon)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 15 November 2022
2:30pm Public
UK aid for refugee host countries - Oral evidence 15 November 2022
2:30pm
  • H.E. Manar Dabbas (Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at Kingdom of Jordan)
3:00pm
  • Amy Schmidt (Country Director at Norwegian Refugee Council Jordan)
  • Sabine Abi Aad (Communications and Campaigns Coordinator at ActionAid Arab Region)
  • Dominik Bartsch (Representative in Jordan at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR))
Room 8, Palace of Westminster

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  • Email: indcom@parliament.uk
  • Address: International Development Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA