The 2023 DAFI Annual Report highlights the evolution of DAFI into much more than a scholarship programme over the last 32 years. Since its founding, the programme has reached over 26,300 students in 59 countries and remains the cornerstone of UNHCR’s strategy to achieve and exceed 15 per cent enrolment of refugees in higher education by 2023 (the 15by30 target). The 2023 report focuses on the tremendous steps taken by programme partners to strengthen the critical link between higher education and sustainable livelihoods as well as self-reliance.