Forced Migration

Forced displacement (also forced migration) is the involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. This movement may have been caused by a variety of factors including natural disasters, violence, ethnic cleansing, individual or group persecution, droughts, civil wars, deportation and population transfer. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' more narrowly as: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence or human rights violations".A forcibly displaced person may also be referred to as a "forced migrant", a "displaced person" (DP), or, if displaced within the home country, an "internally displaced person" (IDP). …

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ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English

Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …

prevent tremendous distress and the resultant forced migration among disaster survivors. >> Provide compensation


World Bank Group · 19 April 2024 English

young. This should mitigate the drivers of forced migration, while continuing to improve regional infrastructures


World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) significantly impact women and girls, exacerbating gender-based violence and limiting access to rights and services due to weakened institutions. Positive changes can emerge from crises, …

El-Bushra, J. 2000. Gender and forced migration. Forced Migration Review, 9, 4–7. Ellsberg M, Arango


World Bank Group · 15 April 2024 English

Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) significantly impact women and girls, exacerbating gender-based violence and limiting access to rights and services due to weakened institutions. Positive changes can emerge from crises, …

El-Bushra, J. 2000. Gender and forced migration. Forced Migration Review, 9, 4–7. Ellsberg M, Arango


AMSSA: Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC · 12 April 2024 English

In partnership with more than 500 community partners and generous donors and volunteers, ICA serves as a helping hand, a listening ear, and a tireless advocate for immigrants and refugees. …

Post-secondary education in social sciences, refugee/forced migration studies, community development, adult education


CGD: Center for Global Development · 12 April 2024 English

CLIM ATE SHOCKS , ADAP TATION, AND WELL-BEING IN GHANA : 3 A MIXED ME THODS STUDY 2.1.2 Main independent variable The climate shocks variable used in this paper is …

stress, loss of employment opportunities and forced migration are important channels through which climate channels including heat stress, unemployment, and forced migration. A number of policy applications can be drawn


HBS: Heinrich Boll Foundation · 11 April 2024 English

Contested Mobility Norms in Africa 4/ 86 through a set of sub-norm statements that look at the place of migration in the process of development, the political economy of migration, …

Increasingly, policy-makers also equate responses to forced migration with development opportunity. This is because where she heads the cluster «Patterns of (Forced) Migration». Dr Faisal Garba is in the Department of


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 11 April 2024 English

Progress on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been insufficient, not least because of shocks such as the COVID 19 pandemic and recent wars. The cost of this lack …

natural environment degradation, leads to forced migration and increases the probability of pandemics


MPI: Migration Policy Institute · 10 April 2024 English

The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic The State of Global Mobility in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic Meghan Benton Lawrence Huang Jeanne Batalova …

Post-pandemic, as Does Anti-immigrant Sentiment While forced migration is a significant form of mobility in Southern


HHC: Hungarian Helskinki Committee · 9 April 2024

Even if state security stands in the way of disclosure, the applicant, however, must in any event be informed of the essence of the grounds, which constitutes the basis of …

most detrimental impact within the context of forced migration, concerning foreigners (e.g. asylum-seekers)


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