Global estimates 2012: People displaced by disaster

The displacement of people by the risk and impact of
disasters is a concern for policymakers in both rich and
poor countries worldwide. Since 2009, the Norwegian
Refugee Council’s Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre (IDMC) has been providing global estimates of the
number of people displaced each year to inform policy and
measures by governments and other humanitarian and
development actors that address the risk of displacement
and ensure vulnerable displaced people are protected.
This year’s report presents new findings for displacement
during 2012 and analysis drawn from five years of data
compiled by IDMC. As with previous years, estimates were
determined by collecting, cross-checking and analysing
secondary data from an expanding range of sources related
to rapid-onset weather-related and geophysical hazard
events. Statistical data is complemented by research on
specific countries, situations and types of disasters.