Developing a Profiling Methodology for Displaced People in Urban Areas

Author(s)
Jacobsen, K. and Furst Nichols, R.
Publication language
English
Pages
36pp
Date published
01 Nov 2011
Type
Tools, guidelines and methodologies
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Targeting, Identification and Profiling, Urban
Countries
South Africa, Thailand, Yemen
Organisations
Tufts University

In 2010-11 the US State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration funded research by the Feinstein Center (Tufts University) to develop a profiling methodology for urban migrants and refugees. The purpose of the methodology was to capture a range of livelihood, integration and vulnerability data in urban settings, so as to compare the experiences of refugees and other migrant and non-migrant groups living in the same urban districts. As part of developing the methodology, we conducted case studies in three urban settings in key host countries.