World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
-
Forest officials pay no respect to govt's order
LUCKNOW: Even as the state government has made it clear that it will give ownership titles to tribals and forest workers of the land tilled by them since long as per the Forest Rights Act 2006, forest officers reportedly gave an ultimatum to Dalits families of Kewal village to vacate the land by December 31.
-
Give shares, land rights to displaced
MK VENU, KG Narendranath
-
Displacement in Singrauli region: Entitlements and rehabilitation
Loss of livelihood and displacement has become a recurring feature for the people of Singrauli, on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, due to the construction of dams and power and mining projects over the last five decades. These communities are again in the process of being displaced with private players setting up five super thermal power and three mining projects in the area.
-
Over 300,000 people affected by floods in Eastern Sri Lanka
Over 300, 000 people in Eastern Sri Lanka have been displaced due to the flash floods brought on by the weakened tropical storm system over the northeastern region of the country.
-
Vedanta fears fresh trouble in Orissa
ANIL Agarwal's Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) fears fresh trouble at its proposed bauxite mining site in Orissa. In a letter to the police superintendents of Rayagada and Kalahandi last week, Vedanta's COO-Lanjigarh, Mukesh Kumar said: "We are seeing increased movement of foreigners from various countries in the area.
-
Climate changed: people displaced
This report draws attention in countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. While producing the smallest amount of greenhouse gases, Africa is one of the continents most vulnerable to climate change, and with the greatest lack of adaptive capacity. Burundi and Somalia, which are the focus in the report, are considered among the ten most vulnerable countries in the world.
-
Climate change, disaster, displacement and migration: initial evidence from Africa
In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC authoritatively established that human-induced climate change is accelerating and already has severe impacts on the environment and human lives. Although there is not a mono-causal relation between climate change, disasters, displacement and migration, the existence of a clear link between the phenomena is increasingly recognised.
-
One billion to be displaced by 2050'
CLIMATE change and environmental degradation will force one billion people to migrate in the next 40 years to southeast Asia, central America and parts of west Africa, the world's leading migration agency has said. A report by the International Organisation for Migration identified Afghanistan and Bangladesh among other places as "future hotspots" where people are expected to flee.
-
1.5cr people to be displaced in Bangladesh by 2050 Say environmentalists
About 15 million (1.5 crore) people in Bangladesh alone could be on the move by 2050 because of climate change, causing the worst migration in human history.
-
Chinese dam under fire, but Germany in the hot seat
When a dam developer claims that 97% of the people it surveyed are satisfied with their compensation, take it with a large grain of salt. Back in November 2008, International Rivers hired a consultant to visit the site of the Xiaoxi Dam on the Zishui River in China.