Using Crises Operational Framework, we uniquely apply its expertise in migration and mobility to save lives and to address the wide-ranging and far-reaching impacts of crisis-relevant population movements or altered migration patterns on individuals and communities.
Why Does Mobility Matter During A Crisis?
Conflicts, armed violence, disasters, epidemics, pandemics and other crises force millions of people to leave their homes and communities, sometimes for years or even decades. More than 82 million people are currently living in displacement within and across borders with disasters displacing around 25 million on average each year. Economic downturns, political instability and other drivers also compel large population movements. Fijishi is committed to saving lives and helping populations move out of harm’s way. We protect and assist those displaced or stranded by crisis, and support populations and their communities to recover. We work to mitigate adverse drivers that force people from their homes, help build resilience and focus on reducing disaster risk so that movement and migration can be a choice.
Using COF, we uniquely apply its expertise in migration and mobility to save lives and to address the wide-ranging and far-reaching impacts of crisis-relevant population movements or altered migration patterns on individuals and communities. IOM uses MCOF to ensure that the perspectives of affected people and impacts of crises on displaced populations, migrants and communities are consistently taken into account. Human mobility is inextricably related to instability and fragility. Crises often occur in contexts of chronic underdevelopment, with the impacts of climate change exacerbating the risk of conflict, social unrest and forced movements. Our comprehensive, inclusive and people-centered responses, guided by the institutional Crisis Operational Framework (COF), are grounded in sound analysis and built on strong partnerships, focused on saving lives and protecting those on the move, while investing in reducing needs, vulnerabilities and risks and building resilient and peaceful societies.
By 2025, 299 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection as a result of natural hazards, conflict, violence and other human right violations. These populations also have longer-term needs which must be addressed to enable their recovery from the impacts of crises and to strengthen their resilience to potential future risks of crisis and displacement. With both conflict and disaster-induced displacement evident in many countries, it is expected that higher numbers of people will move in and out of situations of vulnerability, stemming from a range of drivers including climate change, instability, poverty and exploitation.
Fijishi’s Crisis Response Plan, span the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, and contextualize the Organization’s efforts to effectively and holistically meet the needs of populations impacted by crisis and fragility while investing in averting, minimizing and addressing the drivers of crises and displacement and co-creating sustainable solutions. As people of different genders, age, cultural and socio-economic status, and other vulnerabilities face different risks and are affected differently by crises, we ensure that these specificities are taken into account. Our people-centered approach ensures that needs are met, rights are protected and resilience is built, with accountability to affected populations an institutional commitment. We further collaborate with a growing number of actors to understand and together address the mobility dimensions of crisis.