IDU: Daily Internal Displacement Flows for Réunion

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) provides the IDU dataset, which contains daily provisional data on new internal displacements caused by conflict and disaster in Réunion. The dataset focuses on displacement flows and is updated daily with initial assessments. Finalized estimates are curated in the annual Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD).

Use Cases

• Track daily displacement trends based on provisional flow data mentioned in the description
• Analyze conflict and disaster impacts on population movement based on event data
• Cross-reference provisional IDU data with validated GIDD stock estimates for longitudinal studies

Strengths

• Data is updated daily, providing timely event information
• Provisional estimates are aggregated from various publishers or sources
• License is CC-BY-3.0-IGO, allowing for open use

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 require preprocessing to avoid double-counting

Provenance

Source

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Collection Method

Aggregated from various publishers or sources for initial assessments

Time Range

Event data reported since the beginning of 2025

Freshness

Updated daily; last updated 2026-05-15 05:41:01.131066

Geography

Réunion