Overview

• Parliament’s International Development Committee concludes the government has no overarching plan to respond to roughly 123 million people forcibly displaced worldwide after a 187% increase since 2012.
• The report criticizes a turn toward short‑term enforcement, noting the refugee family route is paused and ministers have pledged to do “whatever it takes” to curb small‑boat crossings.
• Channel arrivals remain elevated, with reporting of more than 50,000 crossings since July 2024 and an estimated 95% of small‑boat arrivals going on to claim asylum.
• MPs highlight aid cuts from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income and reductions to conflict‑prevention funds, warning it is unclear how missions to address root causes will succeed.
• Sudan is cited as a case where reduced support left crisis “unchallenged,” with millions displaced and MSF estimating six in ten asylum seekers in Calais last year were Sudanese.