ADVOCACY UPDATES

Our founder Aryan Sanghrajka attended and delivered a speech at the 2023 Global Refugee Forum , hosted by UNHCR in Geneva, Switzerland between 13th -15th December 2023. Read on for the transcript of his speech, delivered on 14th December. Mr President, Mayors, Ladies and Gentlemen,              It is my honour to speak to you today on behalf of the Migration Youth & Children’s Platform and Forced To Flee, as well as a UNHCR Young Champion at the first-ever Local and Regional

This statement was delivered by Navin Vithana, Forced To Flee Partnerships & Projects Lead, to the Human Rights 75 Global Youth Consultation hosted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on 14 August 2023, on behalf of the organisation.  Good afternoon everyone, my name is Navin and I am the Partnerships and Projects Lead at Forced To Flee, a global non-profit organisation that advocates for refugees. ​318 million. That is the number of people who ha

Forced To Flee Advocacy Statement 7 March 2023 Forced To Flee are deeply concerned by the United Kingdom Government's new legislation to prevent channel crossings. Today, the Home Secretary, the Rt. Hon Suella Braverman MP, announced the Illegal Migration Bill, which will: (i) place an annual cap on the number of refugees the United Kingdom will take in; (ii) allow the immediate detention of 'illegal' arrivals without bail or judicial review within the first 28 days of detent

Forced To Flee wholeheartedly welcomes the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, by Mr Ian Fry.  The Report outlines that 22.3 million people out of the 38 million forcibly displaced were displaced due to “weather-related” events in 2021. The Report also highlighted that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol does not account for those displaced due to climate ch