A Handbook for Addressing Project-Induced In-Migration. IFC.

In-migration in the context of project development can be characterized as an unplanned but predictable impact. It has the potential to generate negative impacts for community health, safety, and security and to complicate resettlement, biodiversity, indigenous people, and cultural heritage management. The direct and indirect impacts can be significant and will have flow-on effects to social license to operate, operating cost, operational risk and pose a potential risk to reputation.