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POLICY FRAMEWORKS, LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF FDPs ACROSS THE AFI NETWORK
II. PURPOSE OF WORK This initial global database of policy frameworks, laws and regulations related to the financial inclusion of FDPs was developed to provide policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders with a starting point to identify or collect the relevant legal frameworks for FDPs that can be used to further their financial inclusion.
82 million
26.4 million 48m
As of mid-2020, more than 82 million people were forcibly displaced across the globe.2
This includes 26.4 million people officially registered as refugees.
48 million people that are internally displaced within their own countries.
4.1 million
5.7 million
86%
as well as 4.1 million asylum seekers and those that qualify as “stateless.”3
A total of 5.7 million people were Palestinian refugees under UNRWA’s mandate.4
Eighty-six percent of FDPs live in developing countries including significant populations within AFI member institution countries.
17 AFI member institution countries: Host ≥ 100,000 refugees
15 AFI member institution countries: Host ≥ 20,000 people seeking asylum
2 UNHCR. 2021. Refugee Data Finder. Available at: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/ 3
Ibid.
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Ibid.
6 AFI member institution countries: Host ≥ 170,000 that are internally displaced
