Abstract

The article explores internal displacement from biological disasters such as epidemics and pandemics. The article analyses displacement in India from the coronavirus outbreak of 2019 and claims that the group of internal migrants who were unable to return to their homes and stranded in various parts of the country because of the national lockdown exhibits the characteristics of disaster-driven IDPs, and should, therefore, be treated so. This analysis reveals three main aspects leading up to a practical recommendation: the inconsistencies in the current Indian legal response can be attributed to the group’s non-recognition as internally displaced; the acknowledgment of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 as the appropriate national law to extend such protection; with the recommendation to explicitly integrate such persons as internally displaced under the Disaster Management Act. The article’s wider contribution is towards developing the corpus of protection to persons displaced by disasters under disaster management laws of countries.

中文翻译：

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因COVID-19而无法返回家园的内部移民是否应被视为灾难国内流离失所者？印度的教训

摘要

本文探讨了由于流行病和大流行等生物灾害造成的内部流离失所。这篇文章分析了2019年印度冠状病毒爆发后印度的流离失所情况，并声称由于国家封锁而无法返回家园并滞留在该国各地的内部移民群体表现出受灾害驱动的国内流离失所者的特征，因此，应该这样对待。该分析揭示了导致提出实际建议的三个主要方面：当前印度法律对策中的不一致之处可归因于该组织对内部流离失所者的不承认。承认2005年《灾害管理法》是扩大此类保护的适当国家法律；并建议根据《灾难管理法》明确纳入内部流离失所者。该条的更广泛的贡献是根据各国的灾害管理法，为受灾流离失所者发展保护体系。