Dans de nombreux contextes de déplacement prolongé à grande échelle, la distribution de l’aide humanitaire peut devenir très conflictuelle, en particulier lorsque les populations locales sont confrontées à leurs propres difficultés et vulnérabilités économiques sans toutefois pouvoir prétendre à l’aide…
Étant donné l’attention accrue accordée à la cohésion sociale dans les politiques relatives aux réfugiés, il est nécessaire de disposer de méthodes solides pour mesurer la cohésion parmi les communautés déplacées et affectées par les déplacements. Au niveau des projets,…
Les concepts de réconciliation et de cohésion sociale sont intimement liés : la réconciliation est un processus consistant à « recréer de bonnes relations » avec soi-même et avec les autres[1], et la cohésion sociale est le ciment qui maintient ces relations. Les…
We know that national and regional immigration frameworks are important for facilitating the admission and stay for disaster-affected persons in regions such as the Americas.[1] But that is to look at the issue from one policy perspective only: immigration law.…
As our understanding of displacement in a changing climate continues to grow, so too does our awareness that its effects are not evenly felt. An estimated one billion people – 15% of the globe’s population – are living with a…
Can forecast-based financing reduce the humanitarian impacts of disaster displacement? This was the focus of a study recently conducted by the Red Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC), together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies…
Displacement as a result of disasters has been a recurring and growing problem in the IGAD region.[1] In 2020, the region witnessed approximately 2.3 million persons newly forcibly displaced by disasters: an average of 100,000 disaster-displaced persons per month. When…
The link between climate change and increased human mobility is widely recognised, as are the gaps in legal protection for people who move in the context of climate change. Current protection frameworks tend to rely on a specific category of…
Floods and landslides are two of the deadliest hazards in Rwanda, causing injury, damage to public goods, and destruction of productive land, all of which have long-term economic impacts.[1] All too often the communities at the highest risk of climate-related…
Even the most stringent data collection exercises, such as national censuses, are subject to error. In humanitarian data collection exercises certain locations, types of location or population categories tend to be prioritised for assessment, reflecting government and stakeholder data needs…