Displacements Triggered by Disasters
During 2010−2021, disasters caused 17.9 million internal displacements in Central and West Asia. Pakistan reported the highest figures (16.4 million out of the total 17.9 million disaster displacements), mostly due to devastating floods that hit the country in 2010. ADB
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This single event of floods in 2010 was deemed the most severe disaster in Pakistan since 1929. It triggered 11.2 million internal displacements and proved to be an outlier among those recorded in the broader Asia and Pacific region that year. Afghanistan was also affected by floods, most notably in 2010 and 2018.
According to a recent report by the Asian Development Bank titled 'Disaster Displacement in Asia and the Pacific', Pakistan reported the highest figures of displacements in the Asia Pacific region, which were mostly the result of devastating floods that hit the country in 2010.
Displacements triggered by disasters also lead to differential impacts on different segments of society. In Pakistan, following the floods, as much as 10% of the older population was found living without family support after their relatives had fled the disaster and left them behind. Moreover, transgenders were excluded from aid for appearing not to match the sex listed on their ID.
While Pakistan has had the National Climate Change Policy in place since 2012 which acknowledges displacement as a result of the effects of climate change and includes prevention measures, its progress on the Internal Displacement Index (IDI) policy value is behind the regional peers.
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Disaster Displacements in Central and West Asia: Breakdown by Hazard (2010−2021)
Five Countries and Territories with the most Disaster Displacements in Central and West Asia (2010−2021), Pakistan has the highest number
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The IDI policy indicator monitors the progress of countries on the inclusion of internal displacement in national policies. The inclusion in national frameworks is not only a sign that a country recognizes it as an issue and is willing to address it but also indicates an ability to do so.
Pakistan has the lowest score of 0.4 along with Nepal on the Internal Displacement Index policy indicator value while Afghanistan has the best score.
While it has the second-highest number of displacements (after India) from 2010-2021 among other countries in South Asia
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