Return Intention

The reference unit of the assessment is the location, which is defined as an area that corresponds with either a village for rural areas or a neighbourhood for urban areas (i.e. fourth official administrative division).3 Information is collected once a year by IOM’s Rapid Assessment and Response Teams (RARTs) through interviews with key informants and direct observation at the aggregate level, that is, on the majority of IDPs and returnees living in a location and not on individual households. Routinely collected information includes geographic distribution and main characteristics of IDPs and returnees, mobility and future intentions, including obstacles to return and/or reasons to stay/return, living conditions and main needs, state of infrastructure and services, security incidents, feelings of safety, social cohesion and reconciliation issues, and specific protection and risk indicators. The ILA V was conducted in July– August 2020 and covered 3,852 locations hosting at least five IDP and/or returnee households, reaching 784,588 returnee households and 219,765 IDP households. Figures reflect the locations where IDPs and/or returnees resided at the time of the assessment. 

The Return Index is a tool designed to measure the severity of conditions in locations of return. Data collection for the Return Index Round 12 took place during the months of March and April 2021 across eight governorates, 38 districts and 2,128 locations in Iraq. During Round 12, an additional 52 locations of return were assessed.

Ce rapport fournit un aperçu de la situation de déplacement et intentions de retour dans les sites accueillant les populations déplacées en République Centrafricaine (RCA). L’évaluation a été réalisée par l’Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) entre le 15 novembre et le 31 décembre 20201 sur 52 sites de déplacement répartis dans 9 préfectures : Bamingui-Bangoran, Bangui, Haute-Kotto, Haut-Mbomou, Mambere-Kadei, Mbomou, Nana-Grizibi, Ombella-Mpoko, et Ouaka. Les 52 sites accueillent 23 435 ménages dont 20 801 ménages sur les sites officiels, contre 2 634 ménages déplacés sur les sites informels. Un total de 2 021 ménages (dont 1 114 ménages en site officiel et 907 en site informel) a participé à l’évaluation sur l’ensemble des sites, garantissant un niveau de confiance de 95 pour cent et une marge d’erreur globale de plus ou moins 2 pour cent. Les données détaillées à l’échelle des ménages et sites sont disponibles sur demande.

From the 5th to the 6th of May, the DTM team conducted a thematic survey in 2 districts (Montepuez and Mueda), interviewing a total of 231 displaced families. Responding to the requests of different humanitarian partners, that emerged after local authorities reported return movements from Nampula to Cabo Delgado, the DTM team deployed a team of enumerators to conduct this thematic survey. The objective of the assessment is to better understand the pull factors originating such return movements, and to better understand the living conditions of displaced families.

In 2011 around 40,000 people from Tawergha were forcibly displaced due to armed conflict and hostilities. The damage to public and private infrastructure has left the town unhabitable, and so far, only around 6,900 individuals have returned as of May 2021. This DTM publication presents the findings of rapid intention surveys conducted with 690 Tawergha IDP households in Albrayga, Bani Waleed, Benghazi, Ejdabia, Janzour, Jalu, Tarhuna, Tobruk and Tripoli with an aim of better understanding their intentions, needs and socio-economic conditions to help guide interventions that promote durable solutions.

Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall in Zimbabwe on 15 March 2019 and the country experienced floods and sustained heavy rains. From the 24th of February to the 5th of March 2021 and from the 8th to the 14th of April 2021, IOM, in partnership and close coordination with the Government of Zimbabwe, conducted DTM return intention assessments in all the wards of Buhera, Chimanimani and Chipinge districts of Manicaland province in Zimbabwe. This exercise collected data from a total of 2,167 IDP households (HH) in all the 3 districts combined. The following report is an analysis of the data gathered from the assessment, covering household profiles, intentions, and livelihood situations. The main objective of the survey is to better understand the intentions and living conditions of the population residing in these affected areas to support recovery and reintegration efforts by providing the support needed in terms of shelter and livelihoods. An electronic questionnaire was used to collect the data and simple random sampling was used as the sample selection method for the respondents. Analysis of the data has been done using descriptive statistics and visualisation techniques. While our approach was in-person administration of questionnaires, a few respondents could not be reached in person as they were not present at their homesteads. However, the results of the study cannot be generalized to a larger population and are indicative of trends and patterns only as the sample is not representative of the entire IDP population in the 3 districts.

Migration is an integral part of life in West and Central Africa, a long tradition embedded in its historical, economic, social and cultural fabric. The region is a pivotal area of mobility, home to strong intraregional migration and, thanks to its strategic location at the crossroads, close exchanges with other regions.This first edition of the “A Region on the Move” report provides an overview of population movement trends in West and Central Africa in 2020. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of mobility in the region and showcase the versatility, multidimensionality and nuances of regional mobility in West and Central Africa.

To that end, the report presents regional mobility using two broad strokes:

• Internal forced displacement: the report provides a detailed analysis of regional displacement numbers, trends and events in 2020, focussing on the five primary security crises affecting West and Central Africa (the Lake Chad Basin Crisis, the Central Sahel Crisis, the Central African Republic Crisis, Nigeria’s North West & North Central Crisis and Cameroons’ Anglophone Crisis)       

• Migration flows: the report provides a study of regional migration flows in West and Central Africa. This section makes a distinction between intraregional (internal to West and Central Africa) and inter-regional (with a focus on movements between West and Central Africa and North Africa and Europe) mobility: in each of these sections, the report examines the primary mobility trends and events observed in 2020 as well as the profiles of mobile populations.

The 2020 edition of the report also explores the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on mobility (including forced displacement and migration flows) and examines the health, socioeconomic, protection and  impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mobile populations.

The analysis builds on multiple data sources, most of them directly managed and collected by IOM, with external sources used to further complement the mobility picture and provide a holistic understanding of population movement dynamics in West and Central Africa. IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), which monitors internal forced displacements, migration flows, and characteristics of populations on the move constitutes the main data source for the report.

The eastern parts of Zimbabwe have in the recent years been prone to harsh weather conditions as evidenced by Tropical Cyclone IDAI, Chalane and Storm Eloise which affected a large number of people from 2019 to 2021. The cyclones, brought torrential rains and winds affecting mostly the provinces of Manicaland and Masvingo, causing flash flooding and subsequent destruction. From 22 February to 5 March 2021, in close coordination with the local authorities, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) team conducted a return, reintegration and recovery survey in the form of a multisectoral location/village assessment in Chimanimani, Buhera and Chipinge districts. 

The DTM teams interviewed key informants capturing population estimates, mobility patterns, and multi-sectoral needs and vulnerabilities. The following section of this report provides an analysis of the current situation of IDPs in the affected vilages.

Cette fiche d’information présente les éléments clés tirés des résultats consolidés des opérations d’enregistrement menées par l’OIM dans les 3 sites spontanés de KILUNGA, KABEYA MIKENA et KILWA, dans le territoire de Nyunzu le 23 Mars 2021. Des équipes d’enquêteurs se sont rendues dans ces sites de déplacement afin de vérifier hutte par hutte la présence des ménages déplacés. Dans chaque hutte habitée, les enquêteurs ont procédé à l’enregistrement des ménages présents. Ce travail a été fait sur le terrain en collaboration avec les comités des déplacés et la Division des Affaires Humanitaires (DIVAH) au Tanganyika.