The Mobility and Migration in the Karamoja cluster analysis and research Brief was commissioned and produced by UNDP African Borderlands Centre.

There is a dynamic pattern of population movement in the Karamoja cluster that straddles the borders of Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia. This mobility can be classified into two broad categories: voluntary movement (intentional, and without compulsion) and involuntary movement (unintentional, forced). Examples of voluntary movement include seasonal pastoralist movement, cross-border trade, and labor migration induced by rapid urbanization and opportunities connected to the emerging extractive sector. Examples of involuntary movement include as a result of climate change, development-induced displacement, violent conflict, trafficking and refugee flows.