Migration and Displacement Country Profiles

This article in The Lancet analyzes the progress made towards improving intervention coverage, equity, and drivers of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in the 81 countries that account for most child and maternal deaths in the world, and which are the focus of the “Countdown to 2030” collaboration. The authors describe how Countdown priorities are evolving in response to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and universal health coverage challenge, arguing that in order…

This web portal from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is a collection of resources focused on better understanding the impacts of displacement on specific groups: children, women, men, youth, older populations, members of minority groups, and disabled populations. Much of the current research on internally displaced peoples (IDPs), according to IDMC, is presented at the national level and clumps IDPs into one large group – often leaving behind the most vulnerable populations. These resources,…

This report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) shares data and research about the growing number of child migrants embarking on dangerous and often fatal journeys. Since 2014, nearly 1,600 children have been reported dead or missing—though the true number of fatalities is unknown because many deaths remain unrecorded. The report presents data from the IOM’s Missing Migrants Project; describes vulnerabilities of migrant and forcibly displaced children; shares the legal obligations of states related…