Los flujos migratorios siempre han caracterizado la historia de la República Dominicana. La migración interna es un fenómeno significativo en el país. Sin embargo, aunque la República Dominicana sea uno de los países con mayor vulnerabilidad al fenómeno del cambio climático, la relación entre... Read more
Dans le cadre du projet « Migration, environnement et changement climatique : données à l’usage des politiques » (MECLEP), financé par l’Union européenne, cette étude bibliographique sur les rapports entre les thématiques de la migration, l’environnement et les changements climatiques constitue une... Read more
Is relocation an adequate means of adaptation to environmental change? And if so, how should the relocation process be designed to benefit the affected population? This policy brief analyses the success factors of relocation programmes by drawing on studies on relocation projects in the Mekong... Read more
The Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series aims to contribute to the global knowledge base on the relationship between migration and environmental change, such as climate change, and the formulation of related policy options.
Migration in Uganda: A Rapid Country Profile presents information on the flows and stocks of immigrants in Uganda, Uganda emigrants and internal migrants within Uganda. The profile also analyses the impact of migration to health, the environment and the socioeconomic development of the country as... Read more
Migration in Kenya: A Country Profile provides an overview of Kenya’s migration data, trends and the country’s legal framework and governance structures as they pertain to migration. The report also describes the impact of migration on the country’s health, environment and socioeconomic development... Read more
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have developed a programme of work on questions of human mobility and desertification, land degradation and droughts (DLDD). This document presents the various joint activities... Read more
Fiche d’information OIM et CNULD: L'Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) et la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification (CNULD) ont mis au point un programme de travail sur les questions de mobilité humaine et désertification , dégradation des terres et... Read more
Displacement due to disasters is on the rise globally. The 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, followed by the Fukushima nuclear accident, displaced internally more than 150,000 persons.
Four years later, many of these evacuees remain displaced, unable or hesitant to return home, due to... Read more
Migration – internal and international – is an important feature of the social lives of people across West Africa. While movements within the subregion are generally due to complex and multi-causal factors, natural resource scarcity has served to influence movements especially in rural areas.
The Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series aims to contribute to the global knowledge base on the relationship between migration and environmental change, including climate change, and the formulation of related policy options. The series is produced as part of the Migration... Read more
In recognition of the increasing significance of the migration, environment and climate change nexus, the IOM 105th Council Session, convened on 25 to 27 November 2014, included a special focus on the complex linkages between climate, environment and human mobility. Several high-level events were... Read more
