IOM Afghanistan's DTM Flow Monitoring activity, initiated at the beginning of 2024, seeks to quantify and better understand the mobility dynamics at Afghanistan’s borders. On 10 January 2024, DTM began deploying field teams at four border crossing points with the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRN) and Pakistan (PAK), expanding to another border crossing point Ghulam Khan as of 11 February (see map below for the locations of all five crossing points), to conduct two interlinked exercises. The first is a headcount of all individuals entering or leaving Afghanistan (including returnees), also called Flow Monitoring Counting (FMC), to gauge flow volume. The second is a survey of randomly selected Afghan national individuals or groups entering or leaving Afghanistan, also called the Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS), to understand the profiles, motivations, and vulnerabilities of the target population. The inflow from Pakistan increased over the monitoring period. This may be related to media reports and speculation about a potential resumption of the repatriation process, targeting primarily Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders, starting from April 15, 2024. However, according to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of April 26, the repatriation process has not yet begun. Additionally, the Government of Pakistan recently extended the validity of 1.3 million PoR cards for Afghan refugees in Pakistan up to June 30, with their repatriation planned for after the repatriation of ACC holders (Voice of America News). This snapshot provides key findings combining various IOM data sources, including DTM Afghanistan’s FMC and FMS activities, DTM Pakistan’s Flow Monitoring of Afghan returnees, and IOM Afghanistan’s Cross-Border Post-Arrival Humanitarian Assistance (CB-PAHA) program, for the period 28 April to 4 May 2024. For more information about methodology, see the section in the last page of this report titled “IOM INFLOW DATA.” 

Le rapport DTM indique qu'entre le 16 et le 21 avril 2024, au Burundi, 19 573 personnes ont été affectées et 4 783 déplacées suite à des pluies torrentielles, des glissements de terrain, et des inondations nécessitant une réponse immédiate de la communauté humanitaire. Parmi les affectés, 10 755 sont des femmes et 8 818 sont des hommes.

La DTM Burundi a le plaisir de vous partager (dans le lien ci-dessus) des informations sur les urgences qui se sont produites au Burundi en dates du 29 avril au 04 mai 2024. La DTM a identifié 16 353 personnes affectées (3 170 ménages) dont 2 162 personnes déplacées (405 ménages) par les pluies torrentielles, les inondations et les glissements de terrain dans les provinces de Bujumbura Rural, Cibitoke, Kirundo, Muyinga, Ngozi et Rumonge.

As of 15 March 2024, IOM estimates that around 3,689,000 people remained internally displaced in Ukraine while UNHCR indicates that further 5,930,400 people were displaced abroad. IOM estimates that, as of 15 March 2024, approximately 4,455,000 people have returned spontaneously to their place of habitual residence in Ukraine following a period of displacement of at least two weeks (internal displacement or cross-border). Of these, 26 per cent have returned from abroad.

To inform targeted interventions aimed at alleviating the vulnerability that stems from poor structural and social conditions in areas of return, the Conditions of Return Assessment (CoRA) provides granular data on where returns are occurring, the ways in which those who have returned are most vulnerable and why.

Мобилдүүлүктү көзөмөлдөө матрицасы (MКM) – бул калктын жер которуу жана мобилдүүлүгүн көзөмөлдөгөн жана ага мониторинг жүргүзгөн система. Бул система калктын жер которгон жеринде же жер которуу учурунда келип чыккан муктаждыктарын жакшыраак түшүнүү максатында, тынымсыз жана системалуу түрдө маалыматтарды топтоо, анализдөө жана ал маалыматтарды жарыялоо максатында иштелип чыккан.

2023-жылдын июнь-август айларында МКМ калктын мобилдүүлүгүнө көз салуу, жер которгондордун саны, эмгек мигранттарынын жана кайтып келген мигранттардын жайгашкан жери, миграциянын себептери, кайсы өлкөлөрдөн кайтып келгендиги жана миграцияда канча убакыт болгондугу жөнүндө маалымат берүү үчүн Кыргызстанда Мобилдүүлүк боюнча баштапкы баалоо (МБББ) экинчи айлампасын өткөрдү. МКМ ЭАМУна жана анын өнөктөштөрүнө ресурстарды максималдуу көбөйтүүгө, артыкчылыктуу багыттарды аныктоо жана максаттуу, далилдүү, мобилдүүлүкө тиешелүү туруктуу миграция саясатын жана иш пландарын иштеп чыгууга мүмкүндүк берет.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Pakistan collects data on the outflows of Afghans at the Torkham (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Badini, Bahramcha and Chaman (Balochistan) border crossing points (BCPs) to better understand the movements of Afghans returning to Afghanistan. The data presented below is harmonised with those from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), who also cover Ghulam Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

On 26 September 2023, the Ministry of Interior in Pakistan announced its decision to enact its “Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP)”. Between 16 and 30 April 2024, 16,547 Afghan nationals returned to Afghanistan, including 9,349 through the Torkham BCP, 6,945 through the Chaman BCP, 253 through the Ghulam Khan BCP, while no Afghan nationals returned through the Badini and Bahramcha BCPs. In addition, border authorities deported 518 individuals due to a lack of valid documentation. Since 1 January 2024, IOM identified 79,624 returns at the four BCPs.

The information below was collected following several armed attacks that occurred between 25 April and  5 May 2024, in the commune of Delmas, specifically in the neighborhoods of Cité Numéro 2 (Delmas 24) and Solino. As a result of these incidents, residents from six sites located in the neighborhoods of Cité Numéro 2, Carrefour Pean, 2ème cité Saint Martin, and Sylvio Cator - Delmas 28 were forced to evacuate these sites. In total, 5,178 individuals were displaced, including residents from these six sites and residents from the Cité Numéro 2 neighborhood. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) headed towards the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Croix-Des-Bouquets, and Tabarre. Among them, 51% found refuge with host families, while 49% settled in ten sites, including six new sites and four pre-existing sites.

The quarterly report is developed by combining secondary data obtained from different sources, including government agencies, international organizations, non-profit entities, and other types of organizations. More specifically, the report on the fourth quarter of 2023 was derived from data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bureau of National Statistics, and Border Service of Kazakhstan. The data was compiled through a combination of published sources and direct requests to the partners and government agencies.

Over two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the humanitarian situation, especially near the frontline, has grown increasingly complex. In response, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data and Analytics unit has developed a frontline monitoring system to track mobility and critical needs of civilians in heavily conflict-affected areas. This system integrates three key components: the Mobility and Needs Assessments (MaNA), frontline settlement monitoring, and evacuation tracking. MaNA provides information about the estimated population disaggregated by sex and age at the hromada level and the estimated proportion of this population facing acute humanitarian needs. Frontline settlement monitoring provides granular baseline population estimates, as well as primary humanitarian needs in selected settlements within 25 km from the frontline to support scenario-planning and prepositioning of humanitarian assistance. In addition, IOM continuously monitors evacuations to provide humanitarian partners with data on the direction and scale of movements from selected settlements undergoing evacuation. Each component aims to support the coordination of effective humanitarian response, ensuring the safety and well-being of affected frontline populations.

• Overall exit movements from Ethiopia increased by 18% in the last month, marking the highest number of movements tracked since 2018, and an increase of 1% compared with the previous highest figure reported in December 2023 (18,119).

• The number of movements leaving Ethiopia due to conflict, violence or persecution multiplied more than eightfold between February (84) and March (731), which may be attributed to clashes between the Fano militia and government forces. In fact, all movements tracked due to conflict, violence or persecution departed the Amhara region, from where one in ten was looking for safety.

• Returns to Obock and Tadjourah decreased by 32% in the last month. This may be linked with the period of Ramadan, where the number of patrolling authorities in Yemen decreases and crackdowns on movements toward Saudi Arabia generally easen.

• The number of women (+9%) and children (+72%) tracked in Bossaso increased by more than a quarter (+27%). This increase was acute in girls, which more than doubled (+166%, from 121 to 322), while the number of boys increased by 44% (from 397 to 570).

• More than 400 migrants (385 Ethiopian, 25 Yemeni, and 1 Somali) were deported from Oman to Yemen, while in Ta’iz Governorate, a truck heading towards the north of the country that was smuggling 109 Ethiopian migrants was intercepted at a security checkpoint.