Population Displacement

UCL Uncovering Politics · May 26, 2022 · 33m

Displacement of civilian populations is a feature of politics in many parts of the world. War is perhaps the most familiar driver of displacement – we have seen that, of course, on a tragic scale in Ukraine in recent months. But other factors lead people to leave their homes too, including government development policies and the effects of climate change.

And displacement also has profound effects: on the people involved most directly; but also on the dynamics of conflict and of politics more broadly.

To discuss population displacement, UCL Uncovering Politics is joined by two students from…