i. Incorporate environmental considerations in the formulation of national and regional migration management policies to better address environment related causes of migratory movements, as well as the impact migratory movements have on the environment - increase collaboration with relevant international agencies to this end, including by strengthening research and data gathering and exchange on the relationship between migration and the environment. ii. Counter environmental degradation caused by the large protracted presence of displaced persons, for example by means of implementing relevant and targeted environmental protection programmes, including periodic review of ecosystem impacts and remedial measures to mitigate such impacts; in the case of protracted refugee situations, calling upon UNHCR and countries of first asylum to identify priority areas for resettlement based on the degree of potential environmental degradation and the need to protect ecosystems in a given area. iii. Implement the Common African Position on Climate Change.

(...) iii. Establish in-country processing for resettlement or humanitarian visa programmes, allowing those who face an immediate threat to be resettled without the need for taking dangerous routes to flee their country. (...) v. Strengthen intra-regional co-operation in order to respond in a timely and effective manner to “mass influx” situations, including through the development of regional contingency plans, in concert with UNHCR and other international and regional partners.

Displacement of populations within a country may occur as a result of terrorism, conflict, natural disasters or climatic conditions, and may require transnational cooperation to prevent or address.