Protection in Danger: Violent Events Affecting Refugee and IDP Camps

Insecurity Insight provides this dataset of violent events affecting refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) camps, compiled from agency reports and open-source intelligence. The data is categorized by country and tracks security incidents reported in the Protection in Danger Monthly News Brief through March 2026. It focuses specifically on threats to populated settlements and aid worker security within displacement contexts.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency of violent events in IDP camps across different countries
• Correlating aid worker security incidents with specific refugee settlement locations
• Monitoring trends in protection risks for displaced populations over time

Strengths

• Aggregates both agency-specific and open-source event data
• Focuses specifically on vulnerable IDP and refugee camp populations
• Categorized by country for regional comparative analysis

Limitations

• Unknown record count and specific column structure
• Potential reporting bias towards areas with active humanitarian agency presence
• Relies on open-source intelligence which may vary in verification levels

Provenance

Source

Insecurity Insight

Collection Method

Aggregation of agency reports and open-source event monitoring

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Global