Ethiopia
About Ethiopia
Ethiopia faces one of the most complex human mobility environments in the world, with a range of social, economic, political, and climatic factors driving populations within and outside its borders. .
The Data and Research Unit (DRU) at IOM Ethiopia, through its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology, gathers and analyzes data to disseminate critical multi layered information on the mobility, vulnerabilities, and needs of displaced and mobile populations that enables decision makers and responders to provide these populations with better context specific assistance. Since its launch in September 2016 in Ethiopia, the DTM has grown to be a fully integrated component of Ethiopia’s national and sub-national information management architecture, as it is the official source of data on internal displacement in the country. In Ethiopia, DRU implements the following three DTM components: Mobility Tracking (MT), Flow Monitoring (FM) and Surveys.
Mobility Tracking (MT) captures internal displacement and return through three annual rounds of Site Assessment (SA) (focused on IDPs, their multisectoral needs and the availability of services in their areas of displacement) and Village Assessment Survey (VAS) (focused on host community capacity to absorb returns targeting returning IDPs and their access to services with a focus on livelihoods and reintegration). MT data is largely used to inform humanitarian response and development planning and as such is coordinated with both humanitarian and development actors in country as well as with the Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission.
Flow Monitoring (FM) captures inter-and intra-regional migration flows daily at key identified transit locations. This information is largely used to inform developmental programming including migrant assistance and protection programming. Through a route-based analysis, FM data has played a pivotal role in providing evidence base to respond to the Sudan crisis coordination.
Through the regular nationwide SA and VAS tools that fall under the MT component of the DTM methodology, the DRU builds and regularly updates a master-list of locations and information about how mobile population categories are geographically spread throughout the country. The baseline information contained in the master-lists allows for the construction of sampling frameworks and the selection of statistically representative samples. Using the sampling frameworks obtained through the nationwide regular assessments, DRU is able to plan and implement household level and individual Surveys to provide representative, granular information which can be triangulated with pre-existing DTM data, as well as external data sources. This data enables the humanitarian and development communities to obtain important insight into the needs, conditions, vulnerabilities, and intentions of mobile populations which can be particularly useful in informing programs, especially with regards to durable solutions, livelihoods, and other Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus (HDPN) related programming and policy initiatives.
DTM Ethiopia deploys over 200 staff and enumerators to track displacement, returns and mobile populations in the country.
More information on the methodology can be found under resources.
Current Donors
- Norway
- USAID
- DG ECHO
- DG INTPA
- European Commission
- MPTF
Between 1 October to 31 December 2019, DTM Ethiopia surveyed a total of 1,703 migrants across five Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs). These FMPs are located in Humera, Metema, Galafi, Dawale and Tog Wochale.
In January 2020, a total of 11,137 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 7% increase in daily average movement in comparison with December 2019 when an average of 336 movements per day were observed.
The DTM Ethiopia Site Assessment Durable Solutions Index Report measures the progress of IDP populations towards overcoming displacement-related vulnerabilities by examining specific criteria outlined within the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons.
In order to capture the displacement and mobility dynamics in Ethiopia, DTM Ethiopia's National Displacement Report combines its findings from its Site Assessment (SA) in Section 1 and findings from the Village Assessment Survey (VAS) in Section 2.
In December 2019, a total of 10,410 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 4 per cent decrease in comparison with November 2019 when 9,989 movements were observed.
The DTM Ethiopia Site Assessment Durable Solutions Index Report measures the progress of IDP populations towards overcoming displacement-related vulnerabilities by examining specific criteria outlined within the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons.
In November 2019, a total of 9,989 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 5 per cent decrease in comparison with October 2019 when 10,554 movements were observed.
In order to capture the displacement and mobility dynamics in Ethiopia, DTM Ethiopia’s National Displacement Report combines its findings from its Site Assessment (SA) in Section 1 and findings from the Village Assessment Survey (VAS) in Section 2.
In October 2019, a total of 10,554 movements were observed across Ethiopia’s five flow monitoring points (FMPs). This represents a 3% increase in comparison with September 2019 when 10,208 movements were observed.
In September 2019, a total of 10,208 movements were observed across Ethiopia's Five Flow Monitoring Points. This represents a 6% decrease in comparison with August 2019 when 10,858 movements were observed.
The DTM Ethiopia Site Assessment Durable Solutions Index Report measures the progress of IDP populations towards overcoming displacement-related vulnerabilities by examining specific criteria outlined within the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons.
In order to capture the displacement and mobility dynamics in Ethiopia, DTM Ethiopia's National Displacement Report combines its findings from its Site Assessment (SA) in Section 1 and findings from the Village Assessment Survey (VAS) in Section 2.
This analysis represents a snapshot of the displacement context from 1st May to 1st June 2019. It does not reflect any return movements or other changes which may have taken place after the period of data collection.
96,256 displaced individuals comprising 49,388 households in 207 displacement sites were identified in Tigray region.
1,051,542 displaced individuals comprising 175,378 households in 419 displacement sites were identified in Somali region.
877,537 displaced individuals comprising 145,217 households in 460 displacement sites were identified in Oromia region. These figures represent an increase of 24,964 individuals (+2.93%), an increase of 901 households (+0.62%), a decrement of 3 sites (-0.65%) since round 16 (March/April 2019).
102,761 displaced individuals comprising 24,040 households in 82 displacement sites were identified in Amhara region. These figures represent an increase of 12,617 individuals
31,041 displaced individuals comprising 3,846 households in 13 displacement sites were identified in Gambella region.
58,145 displaced individuals comprising 10,383 households in 63 displacement sites were identified in Afar region.
1,066,732 displaced individuals comprising 176,771 households in 415 displacement sites were identified in Somali region.
The majority of the recorded population were displaced before 2018 with 890 sites reportedly opening in 2016 or 2017 (DTM Rounds 1-8). Conflict was reported as the primary driver of displacement with 1,623,716 conflict-affected IDPs tracked through the Site Assessment.
94,542 displaced individuals comprising 46,873 households in 183 displacement sites were identified in Tigray region.
852,573 displaced individuals comprising 144,316 households in 463 displacement sites were identified in Oromia region.
20,883 displaced individuals comprising 3,034 households in 13 displacement sites were identified in Gambella region.
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