Leaving no one behind: internal displacement and the New Urban Agenda | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Outubro 2016
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7
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Many internally displaced people (IDPs) find refuge in cities. However, the scale of global urban internal displacement caused by violence, conflict, disasters and development projects is unknown. Cities struggle to accommodate IDPs since their movements are largely spontaneous, and some authorities may resist helping IDPs for fear of encouraging further influxes. Meanwhile, IDPs face displacement-specific challenges to rebuild their lives in urban settings and may be displaced again in the process due to lack of housing tenure security and violence and insecurity.


There is a unique opportunity with the New Urban Agenda to address the needs of IDPs in urban settings. To be adopted at the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III, the Agenda pledges to “leave no one behind”, including IDPs.


This brief recommends that UN member states capitalise on the agenda to support integration of IDPs in urban areas, ensure development work to implement the agenda does not displace people and respects their rights, address the drivers of urban displacement, view IDPs as social and economic agents of urban development processes and collect and analyse data on urban IDPs to ensure they are not left behind.


The report is available here


 

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The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the global leader in the provision of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998, we have been committed to offering a rigorous, transparent and independent service to the international community and to informing policy and operational decisions that can improve the lives of the millions of people living in internal displacement, or at risk of becoming displaced in the future.


 


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