Displacement Tracking Matrix

This UCL-Lancet Commission report shares evidence-based approaches to inform public discourse and policy on migration, a process touching more than one billion lives in 2018 and deeply rooted in structural and political factors. Current polarizing discourse condemning migration has created far-reaching misunderstandings and misconceptions around migrants—people who often uphold economies, bolster social services, and contribute to health services in both origin and destination locations. The report is driven by five goals: providing the latest evidence…

This report from the Minority Rights Group focuses on the experiences of minorities and indigenous peoples who have undergone forced migration, often due to violence, persecution and discrimination, and other human rights abuses. It examines the causes, impacts, and potential solutions of such migration, with an emphasis on four key drivers: climate, conflict, nationalism, and land rights. The authors call for a number of positive steps to protect vulnerable populations and provide the means for…

Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit human rights organization that seeks to investigate and document human rights abuses, aiming to pressure governments, armed groups, and businesses for policy changes. The organization leads advocacy efforts and partners with organizations across the globe to empower citizens, hold perpetrators of human rights abuses accountable, and bring justice to victims. The Human Rights Watch is covering some of the world’s gravest crises including Syria’s civil war, the Rohingya refugee…