Studies and Research
This section features relevant reports and studies that address some of the important shortcomings in the knowledge surrounding migrants in countries experiencing crisis.
This study explores migrants' exposure and vulnerability to violence and human right violations, as well as to disasters triggered by natural hazards.
This study explores exposure to natural hazards and specific conditions of vulnerability of various groups of foreign nationals in Baja California, Mexico.
The case studies presented in Migrants in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practices of Inclusion highlight that worldwide, migrants, asylum seekers and refugees often face specific conditions of marginalization.
A case study of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Lebanon. Six case studies have been prepared for this project, to provide detailed information on the impacts of crises on migrants, particularly in the longer-term.
The situation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and the impact of the 2006 crisis on this group.
This study looks at current emigration trends out of Guatemala and analyzes how migration status and living conditions of Guatemalan migrants shape their vulnerability in the face of hazards.
The research brief analyses the roles and best practices, which different stakeholders can adopt in disaster and crisis management, with regard to supporting migrants coping with crises.
This research brief evaluates the long-term socio-economic implications of return migration on countries of origin in the ‘post-crisis’ phase.
This report presents findings from ongoing research on case studies of various crises in six countries over the last two decades – Côte d'Ivoire, Lebanon, South Africa, Thailand, Libya and Central African Republic.
This study explores how a country with double-digit economic growth through the 1980s and into the 1990s experienced a significant influx of migrants, and what implications the migrants’ presence might hold for future emergencies.