Mali — Displacement report (August 2014)

19,499 households (101,279 IDPs) registered and identified by IOM in all regions in Mali. 64,362 IDPs in the south and 36,917 IDPs in the north. IDPs’ movements toward the northern regions continue, even if they have decreased since the beginning of the year. A survey conducted on IDPs in the south and in the north, revealed that 77% of displaced households want to go back to their place of origin, while 21% would like to settle in the place of displacement. 361,836 returnees (to their places of origin) were identified in Gao, Timbuktu, Kidal and Mopti. A survey conducted on IDPs’ primary needs, shows that 60% of the displaced households expressed needs in term of food, 12% in term of NFIs, 11% for shelter.