World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Migration
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As seas rise, Pacific island president favors buying land abroad
The president of the Pacific island state of Kiribati favors buying more land abroad after a purchase in Fiji, to secure both food supplies and perhaps a future home if rising sea levels swamp low-lying
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Lesser’ Florican prompts Madhya Pradesh to develop habitat at Sailana
INDORE: Alarmed over continuous decline in migration of Lesser Florican locally known as Likh and Kharmor in Madhya Pradesh, forest department has taken up the task to protect and develop habitat of the
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Govt ignoring voluntary land consolidation in State’
One of the leading farmer activists of the land consolidation movement in the mountainous regions of Uttarakhand has criticised the State Government accusing it of not being serious about ensuring voluntary
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Survey: Only 13% of international migrants live below poverty line
The survey was conducted in 17 districts, representing all seven divisions, and interviewed 5,084 individuals from 102 villages A recent survey has concluded that international migration not only plays
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Sustaining human progress: Reducing vulnerabilities and building resilience (Human Development Report 2014)
The 2014 Human Development Report—Sustaining Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience—looks at two concepts which are both interconnected and immensely important. This year's Report show
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Global Trends 2014
Global Trends 2014 looks at the attitudes and behaviours of consumers and citizens in 20 key countries around the world.
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Drought threat forces tribals to migrate
Gulab Singh Budhel, a tribal living in Amreli's Luvava village, and his seven family members packed their bags on Wednesday to leave for Kutch in search for construction labour work. With a spectre of
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The political economy of public goods provision in slums - Preliminary results from a field study in urban Pakistan
For the first time in human history the urban population outnumbers the rural one. This is both due to villages growing to become towns and cities, and migration of the rural population to urban cities.
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Nonlinear permanent migration response to climatic variations but minimal response to disasters
In the context of global climate change and increasing impact of some types of natural disasters, there has been significant interest in investigating the influence of climatic factors on human migration.
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Climate Change and migration: evidence from the Middle East and North Africa
Climate change and migration are major concerns in the Middle East and North Africa region, yet the empirical evidence on the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on migration remains limited.