Reports

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in collaboration with the Government of Mozambique’s National Disaster Management Agency (INGC) conducted an assessment in the resettlement sites from 8 to 11 September 2020, with the sole purpose to inform government and humanitarian partners on preparedness levels and precautionary measures currently available in resettlement sites hosting populations displaced by Cyclone Idai. The information gathered is intended to help partners plan interventions. This information will further allow partners to identify recommended health and site preparation measures to prevent and contain an outbreak in the resettlement sites in the central region. In the past month, among the 73 resettlement sites assessed, three sites (Maximedje, Mdhala and Muconja all in Sofala province) reported the arrival of six Mozambican migrant workers returning from South Africa. All sites reported a noticeable change in people’s behaviours and habits to better prevent COVID-19.

IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix conducted a remote Event Tracking assessment between 14 and 21 September 2020 in Raja County, Western Bahr El Ghazal State with subsequent follow-up on the ground. DTM gathered information about flood related displacements caused by heavy rains and flooded rivers through interviews with key informants. The floods displaced 9,001 individuals (1,957 households) from low land to high land areas and destroyed crops cultivated in Timsah, Firka and Siri Malagain in the north and east of Raja County. The floods further hindered road access to these locations.The displaced have currently found refuge with host communities. During the assessment, DTM focal persons on ground noted urgent humanitarian assistance needed by the displaced, notably food, shelter, healthcare and NFIs.

Ce tableau de bord présente des informations sur les urgences au Burundi pour la semaine du 27 septembre au 03 octobre 2020. La DTM a identifié 1 229 personnes (317 ménages) affectées inclus 496 personnes déplacées (109 ménages) par des pluies torrentielles et vents violents dans les provinces de Bururi, Kirundo, Muyinga et Rumonge.

El día 31 de mayo de 2020 la Dirección General de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres (DGPC) declaró alerta roja a nivel nacional a partir del Informe Especial Meteorológico No. 7, emitido el mismo día por el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN) que reclasificaba como tormenta “Amanda” a la depresión tropical 2-E que había iniciado el 28 de mayo de 2020. Las lluvias continuaron con la llegada de la tormenta “Cristóbal” el 1o de junio y no cesaron hasta el día 7 del mismo mes.Inicialmente, la DGPC reportaba 30 personas fallecidas (20 hombres y 10 mujeres) y más de 10,400 personas desplazadas que llegaron a albergarse en al menos 282 si os colectivos temporales. Posteriormente, el MARN contabilizaría en 29,968 el número total de familias afectadas por las tormentas.La respuesta por parte de Gobierno, la sociedad civil, organismos de cooperación internacional, organismos no gubernamentales , entre otros, fue inmediata. Sin embargo, los retos eran aun mayores debido al contexto generado por la pandemia del COVID-19, en particular cuando la población tuvo que acudir a los si os colectivos temporales, en donde por la situación era di cil cumplir con las medidas de distanciamiento social.Como parte de la respuesta humanitaria, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Comisión Técnica Sectorial de Albergues del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres realizaron una primera evaluación multisectorial conjunta en 112 si os colectivos temporales reportados en los departamentos de La Libertad y San Salvador (4 -5 junio). Posteriormente, con el objetivo de identificar familias con una mayor probabilidad de no poder volver a sus viviendas, se implementó una segunda ronda de evaluación a nivel nacional (17-20 junio) en la cual se cubrieron 90 sitios activos donde se alojaban 2,077 personas (649 familias).En la segunda ronda, se estimó que había al menos 465 familias que no podían regresar a sus lugares de origen debido a pérdida de vivienda, tanto en si os colectivos como en comunidades de acogida5. A cuatro meses de las tormentas tropicales Amanda y Cristóbal, aún hay 23 sitios activos, y las 595 personas albergadas no pueden regresar a sus comunidades de origen6. Ante esto, la OIM y la Comisión Técnica Sectorial de Albergues implementaron una tercera ronda de evaluación de los si os colectivos que permanecen ac vos. Es así como se presenta este reporte situacional de sitios colectivos temporales en El Salvador, con el objetivo de apoyar la respuesta humanitaria del Gobierno de El Salvador, el equipo de país de Naciones Unidas y los distintos actores humanitarios.

En los últimos meses, El Salvador ha sido afectado por dos tormentas tropicales: Amanda del 28 al 30 de mayo y la Cristóbal del 1 al 7 de junio. Muchas familias han regresado a sus comunidades de origen. Sin embargo, al 20 de junio se reportaban 465 familias que no podían regresar a sus lugares de origen debido a pérdida de vivienda, tanto en si os colectivos como en comunidades de acogida. En este sen do, se prevé una situación de desplazamiento de mediano plazo en si os colectivos semipermanentes y en comunidades de acogida.La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM), en conjunto con la Comisión Técnica Sectorial de Albergues del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres, implementó la tercera ronda de DTM Tormentas, la cual incluye el mapeo de sitios colectivos y comunidades de acogida para personas desplazadas por tormentas. Es así como se presenta este Reporte Situacional de Comunidades de Acogida a Nivel Nacional.El objetivo general es generar información sobre la población desplazada por las tormentas Amanda y Cristóbal que se encuentran en comunidades de acogida, con el fin de orientar los esfuerzos de actores clave.

IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted emergency Event Tracking on 23 September 2020 to capture information about conflict induced displacement to Juba County, Central Equatoria State. DTM focal points found that 9,456 individuals (1,576 households) were displaced between 27 July and 21 September 2020 to Juba County. IDPs arrived from Minga, Lanyi, Dorroh, and Amadi. Information gathered during a direct visit indicates that IDPs found refuge among host communities of Lemon Gaba in Northern Bari Payam, Juba County. Urgent needs identified during the assessment include, food, non-food items and shelter.

DTM focal points conducted emergency Event Tracking assessments in Adior and Malek payams of Yirol East County on 6 September 2020, to collect information on locations of displacement, urgent needs and demographic profiles of households displaced as a result of flooding. Reports confirmed that 8,294 individuals (1,821 households) were displaced to seven locations (Adior Centre, Pacholm Kuc, Madol, Lang, Thian and Wuitit) in Adior and Malek payams of Yirol East, Lakes State.The displaced are said to have found refuge among the host community in their various locations of displacement. Humanitarian agencies are urged to provide assistance by the local community. Health, sanitation, shelter and NFIs are among the most urgent needs identified.

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Information is collected through key informant interviews or direct observation. This dashboard provides information on displacement which occurred on 7 October 2020 in one village of Lac Province.  With insecurity growing in Lac Province (due to the multiplication of attacks by Non-State Armed Groups), 32 households (144 individuals) preventively fled the village of Kaiga-Kindjiria Centre (Kaiga-Kindjiria sous-préfecture, Fouli département) for the village of Magui, located in the same sous-préfecture but some distance away from the border areas with Niger and Nigeria, which are the most frequent targets of armed attacks.

Le suivi des urgences a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations. Les informations sont collectées à travers des entretiens avec des informateurs clés ou des observations directes. Ce tableau de bord présente des informations sur un mouvement de personnes survenu le 7 octobre 2020 dans un village de la province du Lac. En raison de l’insécurité croissante dans la province du Lac (due à la multiplication des attaques perpétrées par des groupes armés non-étatiques), 32 ménages (144 individus) ont quitté de manière préventive le village de Kaiga-Kindjiria Centre (sous-préfecture de Kaiga-Kindjiria, département de Fouli) pour se réfugier dans le village de Magui, situé dans la même sous-préfecture, mais à l’écart des zones frontalières avec le Niger et le Nigeria, qui sont les plus fréquemment les cibles des attaques armées.  

This mid-year edition of A Region on the Move is marked by the unprecedented restrictions on global mobility caused by the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since it was initially reported on 31 December 2019, this disease has spread rapidly across the globe, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Beyond the tragic impact that COVID-19 has generated across countries, the pandemic has urged governments to issue multiple restrictive measures impacting movements, including different types of closure of Points of Entry (PoEs), requirements for additional documentation, compulsory quarantine or medical screening procedures, up to nation-wide and/or localized lockdowns. Nonetheless, the global mobility context amidst the COVID-19 pandemic remains highly fluid, as governments and authorities continue to issue new mobility restrictions and policy changes. This edition has also brought in a number of important enhancements, in view of the fact that the quantity of data sources directly managed by IOM, the quality of the findings and their variety have drastically increased since 2017. IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) constitutes the main methodology used to track and monitor displacement and population mobility, as it maps internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnee stocks, migration flows and the characteristics of the population on the move.2 Building on three years of continuous observations and analyses, DTM is now the largest data source of migration flows across the main corridors in the region. Further migrant data is collected by IOM through modules targeting specific sub-groups of this population at different stages of their migration journey. On top of this, and in order to inform effective migration management and evidence-based, strategic and policy-level discussion, multiple research efforts have been launched along the key migration routes in the region, in particular along the Eastern and Southern Routes, since 2019. Findings of these studies are integrated in the ‘Regional Mixed Migration Trends’ section to explore in more depth the drivers of migration and the profiles of migrants along these routes, as well as the nexus between decision-making, migrant expectations, risk perception and experienced realities. This analysis also uses external sources to further complement the mobility picture and provide a holistic understanding of such population movement dynamics. At the regional level, a Regional Data Hub (RDH) was established to enhance coordination, lead regional research efforts, harmonize the different data sources and foster a multi-layered analysis of regional migration data.

 From 23 Sep 2020 to 06 Oct 2020 • 15 new cases (2,045 cases as cumulative)  – 06 new deaths(593 deaths as accumulative) | source: WHO • Updates on numbers of new cases in areas controlled by Sana’a DFA are not available. • 231 migrants arrived in southern governorates (Shabwah and Lahj). • 01 IDP Households reported COVID-19 as the reason for displacement. So far, the total number of IDPs who have cited COVID-19 as the primary reason for displacement is 1,548 households (see RDT Dashboard for more information).  

On 10 September 2020, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix joined an inter-agency flood assessment team in Mankien Town and Ruathnyibol to assess displacement dynamics, settlements and needs of flood affected populations. The floods displaced 3,015 individuals (425 households) in both locations. Direct observations and interviews with key informants indicate that the displaced population found refuge with host communities who were less affected by the floods. A section of the population did not move from the flooded areas due to two main reasons. Some larger households were said not to find space among the host community and others stayed behind to create dykes protecting property.The host community and IDPs are appealing to humanitarian partners for assistance. Urgent needs identified include water, sanitation, health, non-food items including mosquito nets.