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A tribal leader in Papua New Guinea says evacuees of the 2004 volcanic eruption on Manam Island are now refugees in their own country. Read more on Radio New Zealand International

Executive Summary Manam islanders were displaced from the island of Manam, off the north coast of Madang Province in Papua New Guinea, early in 2005 after extensive volcanic activity. About 9,000...

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:46 GMT Author: Catherine Wilson MADANG, Papua New Guinea, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For 11 years, the people of Manam Island, a...

In the framework of the European Union–funded Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Evidence for Policy (MECLEP) project, this national assessment brings together existing evidence on the...

Global Estimates 2015 - People displaced by disasters

Evacuated from their island in 2004 by a volcanic eruption, some 15,000 Manam islanders have been living in camps since then. After ten years in displacement, the government needs to provide them...

Updated 26 September 2012, 11:05 AEST Papua New Guinea's Madang provincial government says it plans to resettle Manam Islanders who have been living in care centres since their homes were destroyed...

Pacific island communities are exposed to a wide range of natural disasters, including cyclones, floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, as well as to the adverse effects of...

Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director, Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement June 06, 2011 - My work with natural disasters has largely taken me to developing countries—like Haiti, Indonesia and...

PORT MORESBY, 20 December 2010 (IRIN) - At the northern tip of New Britain island, the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory (RVO) keeps watch over 16 active volcanoes across Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG,...