Assessing the impact of displacement on IDPs and host communities in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is among the countries most affected by internal displacement with 4,2 million internally displaced people (IDPs) at the end of 2021.^[1] Most of them were displaced because of conflict and violence (3,6 million), but many also fled because of disasters, including drought. There were 331,000 people living in internal displacement as a result of drought in Ethiopia at the end of 2020.^[2] Out of 844,642 IDPs living in 408 sites in the Somali region, nearly a third, or 278,025, had been displaced by drought.^[3] The government of the Somali region has recognized climate change as one of the main drivers of displacement there and identified people displaced by drought as a target group in its 2017-2020 Somali Region Durable Solutions Strategy.^{[4] [5]}