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A hub for cutting-edge research on internal displacement. A home for global networks researching IDPs: researchinginternaldisplacement.org

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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Excellent blog by Rachel Stromsta examines the growing displacement crisis in South Sudan, where overlapping impacts of conflict and climate change are deepening insecurity for IDPs. It calls on government and other stakeholders to acknowledge and address the 'dual crisis'. @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New RID piece by top authors argues that for those displaced by Hurricane Melissa, the real disaster has just begun. It shows why the forthcoming treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters must include "displacement, evacuation and planned relocations". @profjmcadam.bsky.social
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
1/11. 📢 KEY MESSAGES: The seventh meeting of the Board (B7) of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage (FRLD) 🔥⛈️🌊 starts next week! ⏰ 🔗Read our key messages here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/ke... [ @fillthefund.bsky.social , @ciel.org , @canclimateaction.bsky.social ]
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KEY MESSAGES FOR THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE BOARD (B7) OF THE FUND FOR RESPONDING TO LOSS AND DAMAGE (FRLD)
By the Loss and Damage Collaboration
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Provocative new piece by Walter Kälin and Peter de Clercq argues that the UN's New Humanitarian Compact lacks blue-sky thinking and thus threatens to leave displaced persons even more marginalised. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @profjmcadam.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Insightful piece from Nepal highlights a promising study of voluntary 'migration as adaptation' that has allowed rural villages to maintain their vitality in the face of slow-onset climatic hazards, staving off the displacement of entire villages. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Sparks of Hope amid Climate Uncertainty: Migration and Changing Rural Landscapes in the Mid-hills of Nepal - Researching Internal Displacement
This insightful short article from Nepal highlights a promising case study of voluntary 'migration as adaptation' to socio-environmental changes that has allowed rural villages to maintain their vital...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Forthcoming webinar: 'Displacement due to Environmental Factors: Lessons from #LatinAmerica', 6 November 2025, 1pm-2pm UK time This webinar will discuss new research on how Latin American societies have addressed legal/policy challenges posed by #environmentalfactors. rli.sas.ac.uk/events/displ...
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Displacement due to Environmental Factors: Lessons from Latin America
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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In this blog, I explain how the ICJ’s historic Advisory Opinion on Climate Change addresses displacement, international protection and ongoing statehood researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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How the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Addresses Displacement, International Protection and Ongoing Statehood - Researching Internal Displacement
The International Court of Justice’s long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change embeds important principles of international human rights law. It confirms ...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Timely blog by Jane McAdam discusses how the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change stands to shape legal and protection considerations around human displacement and ongoing statehood in the context of climate change. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New Spanish language piece by Ana Paredes Marín and Alejandra Barrios Ariano looking at "Women’s Experiences of Internal Displacement and Relocation in the context of Hydrometeorological Events in Communities of the Dry Corridor of Guatemala" Link researchinginternaldisplacement.org/working-pape...
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Steve Miron @stevenjmiron.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Internal displacement in the context of organized criminal activity - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons - Researching Internal Displacement
A new report by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, examines the phenomenon of internal displacement in the context of organised crimina...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This 3rd and final volume in our series ‘Internal Displacement and (Re)Integration’ uses the case study of Ukraine to illustrate the evolution of the state’s approach to housing and property solutions for IDPs. Article link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Just out and available in English, Spanish and French, with the Arabic version available soon. Coordinated, researched and drafted by UNHCR's Martina Caterina and the RLI's Prof. David Cantor. Learn more here: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/rid_events/t...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Drawing on a decade of empirical research, this 2nd volume in our series on ‘Internal Displacement and (Re)Integration’ sheds light on the informal pathways through which Congolese IDPs integrate socially in urban settings. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Steve Miron @stevenjmiron.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
New RID blog explores the environmental justice dimensions of urban reintegration for IDPs. It argues that reintegration policies must actively prevent secondary displacement by ensuring resettlement in safe, climate-resilient zones. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The RLI is co-organising an event at the upcoming Subsidiary Body meeting of the #UNFCCC on 16 June: "Programmatic Approaches to Operationalize Climate Mobility Commitments in UNFCCC Decisions" shorturl.at/DK1wv #Climate #Migration #Displacement @stevenjmiron.bsky.social @rid-networks.bsky.social
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Steve Miron @stevenjmiron.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This new blog published by @rid-networks.bsky.social calls attention to the vital role of charitable and volunteer organizations, communities, and state and local authorities in addressing the basic needs of IDPs in Ukraine.
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Insightful article by RID editor highlights a lesser-known instance of forced displacement in the Kursk region – internally displaced Russians forced to flee due to the Aug '24 Ukrainian cross-border attack and occupation of Russian territory. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New study looks at conflict-driven displacement in post-colonial States. Focusing on the case study of Kenya, it examines internal displacement from a historical and decolonial perspective, analysing the interplay of colonial legacies, ethnicity, political violence and land. @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Steve Miron @stevenjmiron.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
RID is delighted to have just published this important 'think piece', which asks whether it is time to revisit and update the Guiding Principles as the central point of reference internationally for the standards governing the IDP response. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New blog examines the gendered impacts of forced displacement in the Sahel region and calls for the adoption of gender-responsive policies anchored in human rights that prioritise women's participation in durable solutions. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is a great opportunity for candidates from these countries interested in pursuing a degree in our (the RLI's) highly acclaimed online MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies! @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
RID & RLI are pleased to publish this collection from our new series, which aims to engage researchers and practitioners with the profound questions on this topic. We welcome submissions! You may download the collection here: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/wp-content/u... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Forced Migration Review @fmreview.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
📢Calling potential authors! Our call for article proposals for our issue on #ClimateChange: choices for displaced people’ is now live! Proposals due 8th May Articles due 10th July Publication in October 2025 See: www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/ #Displacement #Refugees #IDPs
Photo caption: Tackling rising floodwaters in the village of Nhier, South Sudan. Credit: UNHCR

Alt-text: A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks towards the camera along a stone path cutting through floodwater. A woman in orange dress is a bit behind him and there are two children in a boat in the background. Some trees dot the flooded landscape, bright blue sky.
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Introducing a new L&D guiding framework and toolkit by FAO, this blog explores how, with inclusive adaptation and mitigation planning & action, loss & damage experienced in the climate change, rural livelihood and (im)mobility nexus can be reduced. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) @idmc-geneva.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚨Coming 13 May: #GRID2025, the authoritative source for data & analysis on internal displacement. The number of internally displaced people has been growing at an alarming pace. Lasting solutions have never been more urgent, and data to inform them never more valuable. Stay tuned! bit.ly/4iY0fIm
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Register now for the forthcoming RLI ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2-4 JUNE 2025 👇 👇 👇 Don't miss this conference featuring distinguished keynote speakers Prof Maja Janmyr, Dr Katy Long and Dr Jeff Crisp. rli.sas.ac.uk/rli-annual-c... #law #refugees #refugeeprotection #forcedmigration #policy #displacement
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New piece by a great author team spotlights a community in Fiji waiting for lasting solutions to their displacement. Calling attention to state and humanitarian obligations, it lays out out a rights-based path forward. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This fifth piece in our series looks at internal displacement from criminal group violence in Ecuador, an injustice affecting tens of thousands of Ecuadorians per year. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @gabrielamalo.bsky.social @rli-sas.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social
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Erica Rose Bower @ericarosebower.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Thrilled to join BlueSky and share a new @hrw.org report just launched today ‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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“There’s Just No More Land”
The 66-page report, “‘There’s Just No More Land’: Community-led Planned Relocation as Last-resort Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Solomon Islands,” documents why Walande community members made the dif...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 17/03/2025
NEW: Intensifying climate impacts have displaced members of Walande and other coastal communities in Solomon Islands, threatening the enjoyment of their economic, social, and cultural rights. Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Solomon Islands: Rising Seas Force Relocation 
Support Community-Led Planned Relocation; Protect Walande Residents from Climate Impacts
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New on the #RLI blog: 'The Road to Nowhere? A Critique of the ‘Route-Based Approach’ to Migration and Asylum' by Dr Jeff Crisp rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/07/t... #Refugees #AsylumSeekers #UNHCR
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Christelle Cazabat (PhD) @ccazabat.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This fourth blog in our series examines the role of the international anti-trafficking framework in addressing internal displacement resulting from organised criminal activity. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @gillkane.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This third piece in the new RLI series examines both IHR Law and IH Law and argues for reorienting protection frameworks to ensure fuller protection of people displaced by criminal violence. Link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New on the #RLI blog: 'Reimagining Refugee Protection: The Inter-American Commission’s Resolution on #HumanMobility due to #ClimateChange within the Framework of #InternationalRefugeeLaw' by Luis Alejandro Pebe Muñoz rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/03/r...
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Dr Gillian Kane @gillkane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great to be in London yesterday for the @modernslaverypec.bsky.social conference reflecting on 10 years of the Modern Slavery Act. Grateful for the opportunity to share reflections on the NI context. Much action promised and much to do. Reminded again of the importance of partnership. #PECconference
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This second piece in our brand new series on ‘Internal Displacement in the Context of Organised Criminal Violence’ looks at how violence involving organised criminal groups causes displacement. Link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social
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Steve Miron @stevenjmiron.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Delighted to have contributed to this special issue of "Southasiadisasters.net" The short piece "Durable Solutions: 'Raising the Bar' in Loss and Damage Discourse and Practice" discusses the RLI's recent fieldwork in Bangladesh (pages 14 & 15). @rli-sas.bsky.social @rid-networks.bsky.social
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Simon Bunchuay-Peth @simonbunchuaypeth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📢 Call for Papers – ECMN 2025! 🌍 Excited to see the CfP for the 3rd Annual #ECMN25 Conference on Climate, Environment & Mobilities is out! This year in #Bonn (8-10 July) Submission deadline: 10 March 2025 🔗 More info & submission: www.climatemobilities.network/ecmn25-call-... #ClimateMobility
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
1st paper in our new series on organsed crime, drawing on research by experts at the RLI working with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs for her 2025 Call for Inputs. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social @unhcr.org
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
‪ This important short piece calls attention the needs of internally displaced children worldwide, who are frequently denied their fundamental right to an education. Link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @ccazabat.bsky.social @idmc-geneva.bsky.social @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New on the #RLI blog - 'Trauma-Informed Participatory Research: Ethical Pathways in #Displacement and #Migration Studies' written by Dr Jasmin Lilian Diab rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/02/16/t... #Syria #Palestine #LGBTQI #Trauma
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New blog on Afghan IDPs shows how prolonged conflict has eroded resilience strategies rooted in traditional culture. Lacking institutional support, many IDPs resort to harmful survival strategies, affecting wellbeing & the ability to cope. Link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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IDMC (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) @idmc-geneva.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🌍 Climate change meets displacement in the Horn of Africa Our model estimates how many people are at risk of being displaced by floods and droughts in Ethiopia, Somalia & Sudan. Learn more👇 bit.ly/42TZmuZ
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Estimating displacement risk using data-driven approaches: Flood and drought displacement risk in the Horn of Africa
Climate change is making weather-related events that trigger human displacement more frequent and more intense. It is also making communities more vulnerable and addressing the underlying drivers of d...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New blog on Afghan IDPs shows how prolonged conflict has eroded resilience strategies rooted in traditional culture. Lacking institutional support, many IDPs resort to harmful survival strategies, affecting wellbeing & the ability to cope. Link: researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Insightful blog explores how internal displacement has reshaped Ukraine’s Muslim map – and the challenges of this resilient community – as IDPs try to preserve their faith and identity amidst the ongoing attacks by Russia. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @rli-sas.bsky.social
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Insightful blog by Sarah Edgcumbe calls attention to the lack of sustainable reintegration pathways for internally displaced Iraqi Gypsies and Bedouin. Long-standing discrimination and inadequate humanitarian efforts are to blame. @rli-sas.bsky.social @nicholasmaple.bsky.social
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Refugee Law Initiative @rli-sas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Forthcoming Online Launch Event 👇👇👇 Global Report on Law and Policy on Internal Displacement, Monday 10 March 2025, 1:00PM - 2:30PM GMT, Online via Zoom rli.sas.ac.uk/events/launc... #UNHCR #InternalDisplacment #RefugeeLaw #Policy #Refugees
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Researching Internal Displacement @rid-networks.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
We've just published this fascinating new piece by Farid Guliyev, looking at the progress and remaining challenges of the government-led resettlement of #internallydisplaced #Azerbaijanis following two wars with #Armenia. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces... @stevenjmiron.bsky.social
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