Human mobility

Human mobility

Participation and protection of migrants, refugees, internally displaced people; migration induced by disasters, climate migration, planned relocation.

‘We are not considered citizens, and we are given none of the rights or freedoms of other ethnic minorities.’
The New Humanitarian
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2023
This research investigates the links between environmental and climate change and migration in the Sahel, with a specific focus on Mali and Sudan.
British Red Cross
There are many ways in which humans adapt to temperature extremes and other climate-related risks – and one valid response is migration.
Conversation Media Group, the
It's imperative that the international community tempers the negative consequences of climate change and develops adaption measures, so that people in the affected areas don't find themselves displaced from their homes and may build their livelihoods.
EUobserver
Flash flood, Uganda, 2020
Government officials and humanitarian actors from Uganda and Kenya have concluded a three-day simulation exercise near the Mount Elgon ranges in Mbale, eastern Uganda.
Platform on Disaster Displacement
This image shows a group of refugees walking in a cornfield. They are Syrian refugees who are crossing the border to reach the EU.
High temperatures also cause heat illnesses and death in migrants along their journey
EurekAlert
To help people move out of harm’s way, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies fund state and local governments to purchase repeatedly flood-damaged properties from willing owners and convert them to open space.
Environmental Defense Fund
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2023
This policy analysis maps the migration, environment and climate change nexus in national policies, laws and strategies.
International Organization for Migration