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Aid for asylum hosting: Time to act

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Following the recently announced cuts to aid spending – taking official development assistance (ODA) from 0.5 per cent of GNI to 0.3 per cent – it is time for the government to act, to ensure that asylum and refugee related costs take up a smaller proportion of the ODA budget. Without action, refugee-related costs could exceed a third of total ODA spending.

We identify five options for improving the situation that could be adopted at the forthcoming spending review – or sooner. These options would provide additional downward pressure on refugee-related costs, while also increasing the predictability of the UK’s international spend.

This briefing is a collaboration between IPPR and the Center for Global Development. You can also view the briefing on their website here.

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