Family Reunification Pledge Community Report 2024

At the Global Refugee Forum in 2023, the Global Family Reunification Network (FRUN) led the Multi-stakeholder Pledge on Supporting Refugee Family Reunification. Aligned with the goals of the Global Compact on Refugees and the Third Country Solutions for Refugees: Roadmap 2030, our pledge aims to help 1 million refugees reunite with their families by 2030, by addressing legal and policy barriers, providing support to overcome administrative and legal hurdles, and gathering data on the need for and impact of family reunification.

The multi-stakeholder pledge (MSP) is led by 6 pledge co-leads and supported by UNHCR and the FRUN Advisory Group. It mobilizes 40 pledging entities, including States, civil society and the private sector.

Having reached the end of the first year of pledge implementation, the FRUN Advisory Group presents the following MSP Community Report, summarizing the pledge progress through 2024. The report highlights the multiplicity of efforts we have all undertaken, both individually and in coordination, towards the pledge goal of helping 1 million families reunite by 2030. 

The report clusters the pledge progress into 6 categories:
• Regulatory and policy improvements
• Civil society engagement with members of parliament and government officials
• Community mobilization and public engagement
• Partner collaboration on case support and information about family reunification
• Strategic litigation and pro bono legal assistance
• Legal training and capacity development