The “encouraging” announcements signaled “the coming of an approach that is a far cry from the chaos of recent years,” said Ian Mitchell, senior fellow and the director of development cooperation in Europe at the Center for Global Development.
“But unless Minister Mitchell is able to persuade the Chancellor to shift his position on funding hosting refugees out of the aid budget, these plans will come alongside further cuts; and the sincerity of the UK's new commitments will be called into question. Tackling climate and food security for example needs finance as well as partnership.”
