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Displaying 45 of about 177 resultsThis study analyses the perceptions of migration consequences from the viewpoint of migrants as well as the sending community. Migration is often considered a form of climate change adaptation by which individuals, households, and communities seek to reduce the risks associated with climate change. Through a set of 52 qualitative interviews, this s…
Natural hazards, disasters and climate change are among the leading drivers of human mobility across Africa. Yet, lawful pathways for those who move across international borders in this context remain limited, and often uncertain. This Virtual Workshop Series on ‘Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Co…
The Eur-opa Major Hazards will hold a Conference on Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees to natural and technological hazards on 14 October 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference is the EUR-OPA contribution to the International Day for Disaster Reduction 2016. It concludes a two-year project on Migrants and Major Hazards and will gather 60 parti…
Mutare, Zimbabwe - In the eastern highlands of Manicaland province, crudely built wood, mud, and thatch hovels cling perilously to the mountainsides.
The illegal homes, the government says, belong to migrants who have fled drought-prone areas of the province in search of fertile soil and good rains. And they are growing in number every year.
Droughts…
Four months after the devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal, the delayed return of migrant family members, coupled with low levels of disaster-preparedness, has become a major concern for Nepal`s households with external migrants, reports Zee News.
Sijapati, Research Director at the Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM), noted that th…
The number of internally displaced people in West and Central Africa has more than doubled in the past three years driven by climate and environmental change, fast-paced urbanization, population growth and conflict.
In sub-Saharan Africa, a combination of conflict, floods, droughts and other natural hazards resulted in a doubling in the to…
By Aadesh Subedi
Pyuthan, Nepal - Ram Bahadur Rayamajhi worked in a furniture shop in India for nearly 15 years but returned to his home village in western Nepal's Pyuthan district several years ago, after suffering from a nerve problem.
With his son unable to find a good job, Rayamajhi had to provide for his household of eight people and took up farmi…
Nearly 17 million people were living in a situation of displacement within their own countries in Africa by the end of 2018. This is the highest figure ever recorded for the continent, and around 40 per cent of the global total. As the African Union (AU) marks the tenth anniversary of the Kampala Convention, the world’s first legally binding regional tr…
In West and Central Africa, the spread of COVID-19 has been accompanied by a contagion of misinformation, creating fear and uncertainty among certain communities. In a region [West Africa] where an estimated 252 million people are unconnected to the internet, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) is essential to e…
By Soumya Sarkar
The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Amphan in eastern India has once again highlighted inadequacies in dealing with climate disasters that displace millions of people every year.
Despite improvements in early warning systems and disaster response infrastructure, India and other countries in South Asia are still grossly un…
How can you observe physical distancing when you must fit three people under a mosquito net made for one person to protect yourself from malaria?
In Juba, the capital of South Sudan, nearly 30,000 people live side-by-side in a sprawling camp known as a “protection of civilian” (PoC) site. They fled their homes to escape war and the camp is their…
The thematic report presents the first baseline for displacement risk associated with sudden-onset disasters in the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa with the ultimate aim of reducing future displacement risk. As sudden-onset natural hazards, primarily floods, caused more than 600,000 new displacements in 2016 in the Greater Horn of Africa, this r…
Millions of displaced people have moved to Dhaka and Chittagong in search of safer ground, but these metropolises are subsiding under the pressures of rapid urbanisation
very morning, Abdul Aziz wakes up before dawn in the shack he shares with his wife and two daughters. Pedalling rickshaws through the streets of Dhaka is the only way the 50-…
This Nepal country briefing explains why events including monsoon floods, droughts, landslides, and earthquakes force thousands of people to leave their homes each year and shows how stronger data can support prevention and preparedness. It assesses the scale and major causes of displacement, along with the impacts on health, housing, livelihoods, and e…
This paper explores how climate change-induced migration is creating physical health, mental health and wellbeing issues — both for migrants and the families they leave behind, through case study analysis from 12 regions in Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
Loss and damage is an urgent concern, driven by the increasingly harmful effects of climate change.…