Definition: Sudden-onset disaster

Category: Migration statistics

Disaster triggered by a hazardous event that emerges quickly or unexpectedly. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-18-003&mode=view
Source:
Eurostat, United Nations, "Technical Report on Statistics of Internally Displaced Persons - Current practice and recommendations for improvement", Luxembourg, March 2018
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