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
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A nation under threat: the impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration in Bangladesh
A Nation Under Threat: The impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration in Bangladesh is based on the findings of an EJF field investigation in Bangladesh. It reveals the significant
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Forest and common land acquisition
Land grabbing has today become a major issue across India and a central political faultline in Indian politics. Protests, resistance and conflicts have been growing as a result of attempts by people to
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‘Jan Sansad’ debates Land Acquisition Bill
With the issue of land reforms and the controversial Land Acquisition Bill dominating the fourth day of the five-day 'Jan Sansad', activists, academicians and hundreds of farmers expressed their reservations
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“Delhi Govt. displacing slum dwellers mindlessly”
Activists question change of policy for rehabilitation; want cut-off date of March 2007 adhered to strictly Holding the Delhi Government squarely responsible for following a policy of large-scale displacement
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Development-induced displacement and human security: a very short introduction
At least fifteen million people each year are forced to leave their former place of residence as a result of major development projects. It is estimated that large development projects such as dams, roads
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3-year wait for houses over for Ragigudda slum-dwellers
CM opens complex with provision for 1,500 homes; 850 units ready The residents of the erstwhile Ragigudda slum got secure shelters after a three-year wait on Wednesday, with Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar inaugurating the ‘Vivekananda Vasathi Sankeerna,’ a housing complex for 1,500 families from the slum. The slum-dwellers were displaced from their settlement in 2009 and were later provided temporary accommodation at a public park nearby.
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Applying the concept of human security to research on the consequences of mining-induced displacement and resettlement
According to a report published in recent years, developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that more than a million people per
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‘Implementation of Forest Rights Act a panacea for all ills’
Chairperson of panel for STs unhappy with State’s performance Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Rameshwar Oraon is displeased over the tardy implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, by the State governments. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu here on Thursday, Mr. Oraon said the objective of the Forest Rights Act was to facilitate welfare of the tribal people. “The rights of tribal people should be recognised first,” he said, adding that the implementation of the Act was good in Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand.
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Flash floods displace hundreds in Odisha
Flash floods triggered by incessant rains have killed one person, displaced hundreds of people and damaged paddy crops in Odisha, an official said Tuesday. Although Cyclone Nilam in the Bay of Bengal
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Nigeria floods kill 363 people, displace 2.1 million - agency
Nigeria's worst flooding in at least half a century has killed 363 people since the start of July and displaced 2.1 million people, an emergency agency said on Monday. Nigeria often suffers seasonal