Somalia — Baidoa Movement Trend Tracking Report (12—18 January 2018)

In the week of 12-18 January 2018, there were 645 new arrivals, the most recorded since the first week of November, as well as 26 exits at the Baidoa checkpoints. The upsurge in the numbers of new arrivals this week was due to the recurrent fighting in Abal village, Bakool region. All of the new entries cited either insecurity (58%), lack of access to health (30%) and food (12%) as the key driving factors for displacement into the IDP sites in Baidoa. 58% of those entering came from the districts of Hudur, 25% from Baidoa, 9% from Qansax Dheere and 8% from Dinsor District. They were heading to the IDP sites of Doolow (38%), Gel gel oonley (31%) or Jera Madshek (31%) in Baidoa. All 26 households exiting this week were from Dutse IDP site (100%) and were all leaving due to misunderstanding with the IDP leader. They were all returning to Baidoa District and they do not intend to return back to the IDP sites.