Disaster-induced displacement in the Caribbean and the Pacific

Abstract

People in Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to displacement by disaster. Governments in the Caribbean and the Pacific need urgently to do more risk management and planning, rather than focusing almost exclusively on response and relocation.

Keywords

• refugee
• IDP
• stateless
• internal displacement
• forced migration
• migration
• criminal gangs
• Brazil Declaration
• Small Island Developing States
• risk management
• relocation