The impact of internal displacement on the refugee migration crisis

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the potential impact of forced internal displacement on international refugee migration, considering the relation between internal and international migration: Are today’s IDPs tomorrow’s refugees? It is likely that many refugees were forcibly displaced in their own countries before applying for asylum. Therefore, to develop this investigation, this article is divided into three sections. In the first section, it presents a general approach about internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees, including definitions and the bases of its protection under international law. Afterwards, it analyzes data on international migration and on internal displacement. At the end, these data are compared and possible link between internal and international forced migration is analyzed.

Assessing the effectiveness of government and non‐governmental organization in assisting internally displaced women in Nigeria

“…Internal displacement and the consequent humanitarian crises still confront humanity despite the hope that these would no longer be a problem after the Second World War. Since then, however, the global community has remained enmeshed in vicious cycles of war, displacement, and humanitarian crises (Brigido et al, 2019;GRID, 2019;Klugman, 2021;Long, 2014. Acknowledging the impact of internally displaced persons (IDPs) on global security, scholars have sought to identify the causes and remedies, pointing to various triggers for internal displacement, such as poverty (Admasu et al, 2021;Klugman, 2021), economic crises (Helgason, 2020;Owain & Maslin, 2018), natural disasters (Adeola, 2020;Martin et al, 2013;Olukolajo et al, 2014), political violence, and armed conflict (Adewale, 2016;Dirikgil, 2022;Okeke-Ihejirika et al, 2020;Proukaki, 2018). In response to the IDP crisis, the international community has adopted various protocols and frameworks to manage it.…”