Ethiopia — Flow Monitoring Dashboard 49 (October 2023)

In October 2023, a total of 40,370 movements were observed across the six flow monitoring points (FMPs) in Ethiopia. This represents a 4% increase in daily average movements in comparison with September 2023 when an average of 1,258 movements per day were observed.

Outgoing movements (76%) during October increased while incoming movements (24%) decreased compared to the previous month, mainly due to decreased incoming flows from neighboring Sudan through the Metema and Kurmuk entry points. A total of 30,682 outgoing movements were observed, of which 12,442 (40.6%) were heading to Saudi Arabia, 6,684 (21.8%) were going to Kenya, 4,473 (14.6%) were travelling towards Somalia, 2,759 (9%) to Djibouti, 1,404 (4.6%) intending to reach Sudan, 1,162 (3.8%) heading to Yemen, and 854 (2.8%) to South Africa, while remaining movements were to other Southern African, Middle Eastern, and North American countries.

At the same time, 9,688 incoming movements were observed, of which 4,708 (48.6%) originated from Sudan, mainly fleeing the conflict that started in April, while 1,905 (19.7%) came from Djibouti, 1,846 (19.1%) from Somalia, 1,143 (11.8%) from Kenya, and the remaining from Yemen, Congo, and Nigeria.