South Sudan — Mobility Tracking Report 2 (20 July 2018)

Through mobility tracking, DTM is able to provide a comprehensive baseline and regular updates on the trends and changes in numbers, locations and priority needs of IDPs and returnees in South Sudan. In this second round, the IOM DTM team covered a total of 225 payams in 46 counties across eight states. The data collection activity was expanded from the pilot round to now include parts of Jonglei, Western Equatoria and additional counties in Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Conflict and communal clashes continue to be the main contributing factors for internal displacement in the assessed areas, as well as the causes of initial displacement for returnees. Nearly half (48%) of IDP individuals in assessed areas are 17 years of age or younger, with nearly a quarter (23%) of all IDPs identified as 5 years of age or younger, raising concerns around the effect of displacement on children’s wellbeing and access to services including education. 42 per cent of returnees are reported to have returned in 2017 alone. Between January – April 2018, 153,980 IDPs returned to their habitual residences.