The Refugee Project is a coalition of refugee communities and concerned organisations working to address the role that UK foreign investment plays in forcing people to flee their countries.

The vast majority of refugees today are fleeing conflict, or social or economic oppression - and the vast majority of the world's refugees live in the countries of Asia and Africa; less than 2% make it to Britain. In many cases, the British government, companies and taxpayers are directly and indirectly supporting a multitude of human rights abuses that often go with British overseas investment and policies, some of which ultimately force people to flee their homes and then their countries.

These investments have not just been the more obvious ones, such as waging war or allowing the export of weapons. They also include supporting large infrastructure projects, such as hydro-electric and irrigation dams, oil and gas pipelines, and mines.

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