Three years in, is the ‘new way of working’ for refugees actually working? Unsurprisingly, the picture is mixed.
With global refugee numbers at almost 26 million, a record high, and refugee situations extending for decades, the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) and Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) offer an opportunity to change the model of refugee hosting in order to benefit refugees and their hosts.
This review of the application of the CRRF in four East African countries – Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – shows some positive progress, but high-income countries and donor governments are largely failing in their commitment to share responsibility for refugees.
