Mali — Flow Monitoring Report 31 (August 2018)

In August 2018, on average, 222 individuals were observed daily at the Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs), which is a 15% decrease from the previous month. Nationals from Mali, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Gambia accounted for 81% of all the migrants recorded at the FMPs. Algeria, Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso are major transit countries for migrants after their stopover in Mali. Economic migration, including, but not limited to, long-term migration of more than 6 months (81% of flows) and short-term movement (16% of flows), is the main observed type of movement.