"The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) migration and conflict directorate, which employs about 100 civil servants, is being abolished at the end of this year and its work subsumed by the rest of the department. The directorate provides advice and technical support to governments and civil society groups in trouble spots, including Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and the Philippines."
"We already know the UK's aid cuts will be devastating, but FCDO will make the impact even worse if it removes expert teams in vital areas such as conflict prevention before it's even decided where the cuts will fall. Champion called for an immediate pause to the staffing cuts and restructure last week, saying that if ministers push ahead without proper planning lives will be put at risk, and prized FCDO expertise will be lost for good."
The FCDO migration and conflict directorate, employing about 100 civil servants, will be abolished and its work absorbed by the wider department. The directorate advises and provides technical support to governments and civil society in conflict-affected countries including Syria, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen and the Philippines. The closure comes amid a wider restructuring that threatens roughly 2,000 jobs, about a quarter of the workforce, and has damaged diplomatic morale. The department faces a real-terms budget cut linked to international aid reductions to 0.3%. Calls have been made to pause the cuts and rethink the decision to preserve conflict-prevention expertise.
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