West and Central Africa — Lake Chad Basin Crisis Monthly Dashboard 67 (August 2024)
The crisis currently affecting the Lake Chad Basin states results from a complex combination of factors, including conflict with non-state armed groups, extreme poverty, underdevelopment and a changing climate, which together have triggered significant displacement of populations.
As of August 2024, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria were hosting an estimated 6,067,908 affected individuals made up of internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (former IDPs and returnees from abroad) and refugees (both in- and out-of-camp). Thirteen per cent of the affected population (777,656 individuals) were located in Cameroon, while 5 per cent resided in Chad (294,965 individuals), 9 per cent in Niger (558,416 individuals) and finally, 74 per cent in Nigeria (4,436,871 individuals). Overall, the numbers show a sharp increase in returnees from abroad (+45%) and sight decreases in IDPs (-1%), returnees former IDPs (-5%) and refugees (-1%) since December 2023.
DTM Global Survey 2023
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Global Survey 2023 is an annual stocktaking exercise which aims to present IOM DTM's operations and activities transparently. The Global Survey focuses on operations active from January 1 to December 31, 2023, with data collection occurring from February to April 2024.