Eritrea Internal Displacement Updates: Provisional Event Data for 180 Days

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides provisional event data on new internal displacements caused by conflict and disaster in Eritrea. This dataset, updated daily, focuses on displacement flows reported within the last 180-day period. The final, validated estimates are published separately in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Monitor daily updates on new internal displacement flows based on provisional event data.
• Analyze trends in conflict and disaster-induced displacement within a 180-day window.
• Compare provisional IDU estimates with finalized GIDD data for validation studies.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing near-real-time provisional information.
• Focuses on displacement flows within a defined 180-day time period.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provisional and may be subject to revision and double-counting risks.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Initial assessments aggregated from various publishers or sources.

Time Range

Last 180 days from date of update.

Freshness

Updated daily; last metadata update was 2026-03-26.

Geography

Eritrea