IDU: Daily Updates on New Internal Displacements from Conflict and Disaster

The Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) dataset from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre provides provisional event data on new internal displacements reported within the last 180 days. It is updated daily and focuses on displacement flows from conflicts and disasters, offering early insights before final validation in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database. The dataset for Jersey currently contains no recorded displacement events for the specified period.

Use Cases

• Tracking daily displacement flows based on the 180-day reporting window mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing provisional conflict and disaster displacement trends based on the event data structure.
• Providing early input for humanitarian needs assessments based on the initial displacement estimates.
• Comparing provisional IDU data with finalized annual stock and flow data from the GIDD.

Strengths

• Updated daily, providing timely provisional information.
• Covers a rolling 180-day time period for recent events.
• 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

Preliminary estimates aggregated from various publishers or sources.

Time Range

Rolling 180-day period preceding the last update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 11:22:09.607401; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jersey (currently no data recorded).