Niger — Flow Monitoring Report (December 2018)

In northern Niger, two flow monitoring points have been activated since February 2016 in the city of Séguédine and Arlit, followed by the activation of new flow monitoring points in Dan Barto, Magaria and Tahoua in August 2018 and the point in Dan Issa in September 2018.

This report presents the data collected through the 6 flow monitoring points for the month of december 2018.
During this period, an average of 1,534 individuals per day was observed, which represent a decrease of 10% compared to the previous month. 77% of identified migrants were adult men, while 13% were women and 10% were minors. Nigerien nationals represented the vast majority of the individuals (79%) observed at the six FMPs followed by Nigerians (11%), Chadians (3%), Sudanese (2%)...
The main reasons for migration were short-term local movements (45%), long-term economic migration (31%), seasonal migration (20%), and tourism (3%).