Flow Monitoring

IOM Afghanistan's DTM Flow Monitoring activity, initiated at the beginning of 2024, seeks to quantify and better understand the mobility dynamics at Afghanistan’s borders. On 10 January 2024, DTM began deploying field teams at four border crossing points with the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRN) and Pakistan (PAK), expanding to another border crossing point Ghulam Khan as of 11 February (see map below for the locations of all five crossing points), to conduct two interlinked exercises. The first is a headcount of all individuals entering or leaving Afghanistan (including returnees), also called Flow Monitoring Counting (FMC), to gauge flow volume. The second is a survey of randomly selected Afghan national individuals or groups entering or leaving Afghanistan, also called the Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS), to understand the profiles, motivations, and vulnerabilities of the target population. The inflow from Pakistan increased over the monitoring period. This may be related to media reports and speculation about a potential resumption of the repatriation process, targeting primarily Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders, starting from April 15, 2024. However, according to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of April 26, the repatriation process has not yet begun. Additionally, the Government of Pakistan recently extended the validity of 1.3 million PoR cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan up to June 30, with their repatriation planned for after the repatriation of ACC holders (Voice of America News). This snapshot provides key findings combining various IOM data sources, including DTM Afghanistan’s FMC and FMS activities, DTM Pakistan’s Flow Monitoring of Afghan returnees, and IOM Afghanistan’s Cross-Border Post-Arrival Humanitarian Assistance (CB-PAHA) program, for the period 5 to 11 May 2024. For more information about methodology, see the section in the last page of this report titled “IOM INFLOW DATA.” 

This report presents the main findings from the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Flow Monitoring Surveys (FMS) deployed in Greece, Italy, and Spain in 2023. FMS provide a snapshot of the profiles, experiences, and needs of migrants. The survey asks questions on demographics, education and employment backgrounds, the circumstances of the migration journey and migration factors, as well as future intentions and vulnerabilities to abuse, exploitation and violence.

In 2023, a total of 4,020 surveys were collected in 130 entry and transit points for migrants arriving by land and by sea to Europe. The report explores similarities and differences among migrants travelling along the Eastern Mediterranean Route (EMR), the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR), the Western Mediterranean Route (WMR) and the Western African Atlantic Route (WAAR) (3,626 surveys). A separate section also looks at the evidence from migrants interviewed in the North of Italy, entering by land from Slovenia (394), connecting this with analyses carried out in the Western Balkan (WB) region. A final section addresses the conditions and needs of migrant children (14-17 years old) in the sample.

This snapshot on nationals from Pakistan in Europe is part of the outputs of IOM’s EU-funded Displacement Tracking Matrix - Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP) project. The snapshot is divided into three sections:

Firstly, it provides information on the number of Pakistani nationals who arrived by land and sea in Europe and those who transited through the Western Balkan and Eastern Europe region in 2023. The data on arrivals and transits is made available by national authorities and then gathered by the IOM DTM team in Europe.

Secondly, it delves into the demographic distribution of Pakistani nationals residing in Europe, categorized by gender and geographical regions within Europe, utilizing data reported by Eurostat and the UK Office of Statistics.

Lastly, the report encapsulates the insights gained from the Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS) conducted by the DTM Europe team, engaging with 373 Pakistani nationals across seven European countries throughout 2023.

This report presents the results of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Flow Monitoring Surveys (FMS) deployed in Italy in 2023. The data were collected from 04 August to 27 December 2023 in three Italian regions (Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, and Sicily).

IOM interviewed a total of 1,451 individual respondents. FMS provide a snapshot of the profiles, experiences, and needs of migrants. The survey asks questions on demographics, education and employment backgrounds, the circumstances of the migration journey and migration factors, as well as future intentions and vulnerabilities to abuse, exploitation and violence.

Afin de mieux comprendre les mouvements et tendances migratoires dans un espace géographique donné, l’Organisation Internationale pour
les Migrations (OIM), à travers la Matrice de suivi des déplacements (Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), en anglais), met en oeuvre l’activité de suivi des flux de populations (Flow Monitoring (FM), en anglais). Le suivi des flux est composé de deux outils : l’inventaire des flux (Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR), en anglais) et les enquêtes individuelles (Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS), en anglais). Le suivi des flux a pour objectif de recueillir des données sur le nombre et les caractéristiques des personnes en déplacement dans des zones à forte mobilité, à travers des points (postes) de suivi (Flow Monitoring Points (FMP), en anglais) installés dans ces zones. Cette activité facilite la compréhension des mouvements migratoires et permet de préparer des stratégies et des réponses appropriées dans un contexte migratoire mixte motivé par des facteurs concomitants tels que les conflits et les raisons économiques. Le conflit armé sévissant au Soudan depuis mi-avril 2023, continue d’occasionner le déplacement de milliers de personnes en provenance du Soudan vers la République Centrafricaine (RCA), l’OIM en coordination avec la Commission Nationale pour les Refugies (CNR), poursuit depuis le 9 Février 2024 ses activités de Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS) et le Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) au niveau du point d’entrée de Am-dafock, situé dans la préfecture de Vakaga à la frontière entre la RCA et le Soudan. Cette activité consiste à inventorier le nombre de personnes entrant de part et d'autre de la frontière, définir leurs profils, motivations, destinations et intentions futures. L’activité est conduite par des partenaires opérationnels de la DTM.
Ce tableau de bord présente des analyses basées sur les informations collectées entre le 09 février au 02 Avril 2024 sur un échantillon des
populations migrantes ayant franchi le point d’entrée d’Am-dafock lors cette période.

The report aims to present migration dynamics in Kyrgyzstan, drawing upon data from 2022 and 2023 from national and international datasets on migratory movements. It covers recent major global and regional developments which will continue to have an impact on internal and international migration in the country. Collection and analysis of migration data is one of the action points of the Mid-Term Work Plan for 2022- 2025 to implement the Concept of State Migration Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2021-2030. Specifically, action point No. 27 stipulates that a national system of collection of migration-related statistical data shall be developed at the local and national levels. To support the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to implement this task and contribute to evidence-based migration management IOM Kyrgyzstan Mission has established a Mobility Tracking Matrix team (MTM) in 2022.

The MTM is adapted to Kyrgyzstan context from the global DTM methodology and it is a system that tracks and monitors displacement and population mobility. It is designed to regularly and systematically capture, process and disseminate information to provide a better understanding of the movements and evolving needs.

This report presents the data for the month of March 2024, collected through direct interviews and direct observation by DTM enumerators and triangulated via a network of key informants. It highlights the number of herders and their herds identified at 16 counting points. Notably, this enumeration included areas within the Kachia, Kaura, Kaita, and Faskari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna and Katsina states, under the auspices of the Peacebuilding Fund. Additionally, it extended to Batsari, Jibia, Kankara, and Dan Musa LGAs of Katsina state, which
were supported by the European Union Fund.
In March 2024, Transhumance Flow Monitoring tool identified 1,322 herders in Kaduna State and 197 herders in Katsina State. The animal count was estimated at 43,772 for Kaduna State and 5,013 for Katsina State. Notably, 97 per cent of the total number of herders departed from states within Nigeria, while the remaining 3 per cent departed from Niger.

This report presents the data for the month of February 2024, collected through direct interviews and direct observation by DTM enumerators and triangulated via a network of key informants. It highlights the number of herders and their herds identified at 34 counting points. Notably, this enumeration included areas within the Kachia, Kaura, Kaita, and Faskari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna and Katsina states, under the auspices of the Peacebuilding Fund. Additionally, it extended to Batsari, Jibia, Kankara, and Dan Musa LGAs of Katsina State, which were supported by the European Union Fund.
In February 2024, Transhumance Flow Monitoring tool identified 1,423 herders in Kaduna State and 600 herders in Katsina State. The animal count was estimated at 55,211 for Kaduna State and 13,684 for Katsina State. Notably, 91 per cent of the total number of herders departed from states within Nigeria, while the remaining 9 per cent departed from Niger.