A surge in inter-communal attacks in West, South and North Darfur states last month forced more people to flee their homes in three days than in the whole of 2020 in Sudan, and the numbers continue...
Summary Disaster displacement is one of the world's biggest humanitarian and sustainable development challenges, and climate change and urbanisation are expected to aggravate the phenomenon. IDMC has...
10 YEARS AFTER THE ARAB SPRING PROTESTS, INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT STILL AT CRISIS LEVEL IN THE MENA REGION A decade of political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa has generated levels of...
This report highlights why and how risk assessments need to become an integral part of urban planning, and presents an original tool that allows local authorities to assess disaster displacement risk...
In the country facing the world's most acute humanitarian crisis, the impacts of the pandemic have been devastating. As conflict and flooding continued to trigger mass displacement in Yemen in 2020,...
2020 has seen an increase in displacement severity Our severity assessment contains five dimensions that are broadly aligned with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s framework for durable...
Introduction A. Need for recommendations on IDP statistics This introductory chapter aims to provide context for the recommendations and to introduce the rationale and scope of the report itself. It...
THEMATIC SERIES The ripple effect: economic impacts of internal displacement This thematic series focuses on measuring the effects of internal displacement on the economic potential of IDPs, host...
Manuela Kurkaa Governments, first-responders and humanitarian organisations responding to displacement triggered by disasters during the COVID-19 pandemic are faced with a complex challenge: to...
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities we explain how persons with disabilities can be disproportionately affected in disaster situations and why we need more disability-inclusive...