Throughout history, people have moved to adjust to changes in their environment, but more recently climate change and its impacts have sparked renewed interest among academics and the international community in the relationship between migration, the environment and climate change. This... Read more
El medioambiente ha sido un promotor de la migración, puesto que las personas huyen para sobrevivir a desastres naturales o se desplazan, a raíz de condiciones medioambientales difíciles y deterioradas, en busca de oportunidades en otras partes. Es posible que el cambio climático exacerbe los... Read more
L’environnement a toujours été un facteur de migration. En effet, face à des catastrophes naturelles ou à un milieu rude ou qui se dégrade, les populations fuient en quête d’autres perspectives. On s’attend à ce que l’évolution du climat aggrave les catastrophes soudaines et à évolution lente ainsi... Read more
This report reviews the available scholarly reporting on climate change, migration and security and describes the legal and policy challenges facing the international community. While there is indeed considerable evidence that climate does influence migration, future estimates are hampered by a... Read more
The Many Faces of Global Migration report is an introduction to what Gallup has unearthed by asking migrants and potential migrants worldwide about their lives. The data presented in this report are based on Gallup’s ongoing World Poll surveys in more than 150 countries, territories and regions and... Read more
In the history of mankind, people have always migrated to cope with environmental changes. Now more than ever, the environment, the detrimental effects of climate change, and their links to migration are brought to public attention. This is of particular relevance for the African, Caribbean and... Read more
International Migration is a refereed bimonthly review of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on current migration issues as analysed by demographers, economists, and sociologists all over the world. The journal is edited at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of... Read more
IOM Ghana has been operating in Ghana since 1987, providing support to the Government of Ghana in various areas of migration. Having commenced with a small office coordinating the Return of Qualified African Nationals (RQAN) programme, the IOM mission in Ghana now has five departments: Counter-... Read more
Migration Policy Practice is a bimonthly journal published jointly by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Eurasylum Ltd. It contributes articles by public officials and civil society worldwide working in the field of migration policy.
This volume is intended to be the first of an annual series, which will aim to provide the reader with regularly updated qualitative assessments on the changing nature and dynamics of environmental migration throughout the world. The idea for it stemmed from the course «Environment and Migration»,... Read more
This report presents the results of a field work and analytical study conducted in 2010 in the Republic of Mauritius by two experts on environmental migration and adaptation to climate change. While climate change and environmental degradation are not new issues in Mauritius, looking at these... Read more
