The RCM Guide: a novel protection tool for cross-border disaster-induced displacement in the Americas

Abstract

States in the Americas confront complex challenges in the face of human mobility caused by both sudden- and slow-onset disasters. A new regional guide presents practices and measures to help address the protection needs of cross-border disaster-displaced persons.

Keywords

• refugee
• IDP
• stateless
• internal displacement
• forced migration
• migration
• criminal gangs
• Brazil Declaration
• mobility
• sudden- and slow-onset disasters