Human mobility

This first edition of the policy brief series examines relocation programmes undertaken due to heavy seasonal floods in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. Based on the author’s own empirical research in two rural communes in upstream areas of the Mekong Delta

This technical paper represents an initial attempt to assess the risk of disaster-induced displacement in eight countries in South Asia – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It presents results from the

Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, writes an opinion piece on climate change from the perspective of migration and displacement. 'To what extent will people have to move because their communities are no longer habitable because of the effects of climate change?' she asks...

The prolonged drought occurences in Odisha are believed to be the key factor behind the migration of poor landless agriculture labourers and small farmers to other states, reports Orissa Diary. In a consultation today of the Ganjam Disaster Response Forum, suggestions to mitigate this migration included climate change adaptation practices and opportunities...

The policy brief draws on lessons learned from the Fukushima earthquake and elaborates on solutions for displaced populations trapped in uncertainty. It provides recommendations regarding: (i) durable solutions which systematically need to be established through ongoing re-examinations of policies, laws and institutions; (ii) social and psychological consequences as a key topic just as (re-)construction of physical infrastructure and environmental remediation; and (iii) displaced people, for them to exercise agency and take ownership of the process.

IOM Director General William Lacy Swing is calling on the world to include migrants and displaced persons in disaster risk reduction policies and practices ahead of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. 'Migrants contribute to making cities more diverse, vital and vibrant places, better able to anticipate and cope with disasters'...

The report forecasts an increased risk of global displacement caused by disasters, and calls for a stronger link between displacement and disaster risk reduction. It also applies the concept of risk to disaster-related displacement while quantifiying

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, called on governments meeting in Sendai, Japan, later this week to tackle displacement as part of a new global plan to reduce disaster risk worldwide. ...'The world has a unique opportunity at Sendai to prevent millions of people from losing their homes by more robustly linking displacement risk with disaster risk reduction plans,' said IDMC director Alfredo Zamudio...