GENEVA: The United Nations will appraise its policies on refugees next week, due to an increase in armed conflict, the politicization of asylum law and cuts to international aid.
Governments, civil society, the private sector and academics will jointly assess progress over the last few years and put forward new solutions at a Global Refugee Forum Review meeting from Monday to Wednesday.
Donor commitments are also expected, with the UN refugee agency facing a massive crisis.
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide has almost doubled in the last decade to 117.3 million but funding for international aid has slumped, not least after the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
The United States previously provided more than 40 percent of the UNHCR budget but cuts by Washington since January, combined with belt-tightening from other major donor countries, have forced the organization to shed nearly 5,000 jobs — more than a quarter of its workforce.
