Refugees and Migrants

The Global Refugee Forum ended today with refugees making sure that their message to be fully included in all decisions about their futures was heard by world leaders.

Despite real strides taken to include more refugees at the Forum, where they have been represented on high-level panels alongside governments, business leaders, and UN agencies, only 2% of the total 3000 participants were refugees. World leaders must do more to bring real change and uphold their pledges to the 25.9m refugees worldwide.

The chronic shortage of accommodation for children is worsening as the Greek Government prepares to take full control of the refugee response.

In response to the EU’s progress report on its Migration Partnership Framework, Oxfam says the bloc has failed to offer manageable and sustainable alternatives for people forced to use smugglers or improve opportunities in countries of origin.

The European Union’s response to migration is just creating more problems and causing unnecessary suffering to vulnerable people on the move.