The Global Refugee Forum (GRF) Progress Review

The Global Refugee Forum (GRF) Progress Review, co-hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Switzerland, runs from 15 to 17 December in Geneva and brings together senior government officials, civil society, the private sector, academia, faith leaders and, most importantly, refugees, to advance new solutions and assess how pledges made over the past years are being translated into real impact.

The key global gathering on refugee issues falls at a moment when reaffirming global support for refugees is essential. Asylum is increasingly politicized and undermined, humanitarian funding is shrinking, refugee rights are under pressure, and global solidarity is being tested. More than 3,400 pledges have been recorded across 47 thematic and regional areas since the first GRF took place in 2019, involving over 1,300 partners. Two thirds are fulfilled or in progress.