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    Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK

    by Jordan King Apr 11, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: PA

    The amount of overseas aid funding diverted to support refugees in the UK rose to £4.3billion last year, new figures have shown.

    Provisional statistics published on Wednesday showed spending on “in-donor refugee costs” rose by £600million in 2023, while the overall aid budget increased by around £2.6billion.

    Aid spending on refugees in the UK amounted to more than a quarter of the UK’s total aid budget for the second year running, although its share of the overall budget fell slightly from 28.9 per cent to 27.9 per cent.

    International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees

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