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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Amnesty International · 2 October 2024 English
With this year’s World Habitat Day theme focusing on youth and urban futures, it is impossible to ignore one key factor – the climate crisis – and what it means …
health and livelihoods, and often lead to forced migration as the local area becomes uninhabitable. …
World Bank Group · 1 October 2024 English
This regional Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) focuses on four countries of the 11‑member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)—Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. …
vulnerabilities, and to drive the displacement or forced migration of people across Dominica and to other States …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 27 September 2024 English
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, immigration into the European Union (EU) reached a historical high in 2022 and stayed significantly above pre-pandemic levels in 2023. The recent …
Rebecca J. Brough, and Giovanni Peri. 2024. “Forced Migration and Refugees: Policies for Successful Economic …
World Bank Group · 26 September 2024 English
Climate change and extreme weather events are increasingly driving human mobility and displacement across the globe. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Eastern Caribbean region have particularly witnessed disaster-related …
vulnerabilities, and to drive the displacement or forced migration of people across Dominica and to other States …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 26 September 2024 English
exacerbate inequalities, regional instability and forced migration. This is why UNESCO strives every day to …
UN: The United Nations · 26 September 2024 English
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education services, employment instability and forced migration. 4. However, the Government was now charting …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 25 September 2024 French
which sounded alarm bells over the tragedy of forced migration. As you all know, at UNESCO, we have …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 25 September 2024 English
With 75.9 million people internally displaced as of the end of 2023, the persistent and increasing numbers of people forcibly displaced by conflicts, violence, disasters and increasing impact of climate …
refugees and IDPs in national data systems, Forced Migration Review 66, March 2021. Statistical Capacity … Joanna, A perspective from the World Bank, Forced Migration Review 52 (May 2016). Brookings-Bern, Addressing …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 20 September 2024 English
Surveys show notable and unexpected impacts in Ghana and Niger
recurring floods, and there are high levels of forced migration to secure livelihoods, well-being and survival; … when they would rather have stayed home (forced migration) within the past five years. This was generally … coexistence to cohesion in refugee-host relations. Forced Migration Review, 70: 64-66. Schiefer, D., and Van …
