Mixed Migration in the Horn of Africa and in the Arab Peninsula (March 2018)

This report aims to provide an overview of the trends observed in the second half of 2017 on the Western route across Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia and Ethiopia and was produced using data from IOM’s Migrants’ Assistance projects and Human Mobility data collection activities in the Horn of Africa and in the Arab Peninsula. 174,654 migrants were observed in the region between June and December 2017 through the network of 25 flow monitoring points in Yeme, Somalia, and Djibouti.  regionally, 80% of contacts were male and 20% were female but with significant differences in the proportion of females across countries (Somalia 32%, Ethiopia and Djibouti 20%, and Yemen 11%). Children regionally made up for 20%.