IDU: Internal Displacement Updates for Marshall Islands (Event Data)

The Internal Displacement Updates (IDU) dataset from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides provisional event data on new internal displacements caused by conflicts and disasters. It offers daily updates on displacement flows within the last 180 days, representing initial assessments from various sources. The dataset for Marshall Islands currently contains no recorded displacement events for the specified period.

Use Cases

• Monitor daily updates on new internal displacement flows based on the 180-day reporting window.
• Analyze provisional displacement trends from conflicts and disasters based on event-level data.
• Compare initial IDU assessments with validated annual stock data from the Global Internal Displacement Database (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).
• Available via API with documented specifications.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data is provisional and may require preprocessing to avoid double-counting, as noted in the API documentation.
• For Marshall Islands, the dataset currently contains zero recorded displacement events.

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources providing initial assessments.

Time Range

Last 180 days (rolling window).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 11:22:15.474169; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Marshall Islands.