The Horn of Africa and Yemen is one of the busiest and riskiest migration corridors in the world travelled by hundreds of thousands of migrants, the majority of whom travel in an irregular manner, often relying on smugglers to facilitate movement along the Eastern Route. This regional report provides monthly updates on the complex migratory dynamics through Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen and Ethiopia based on diverse data sources and consultations with key informants in the four countries. Moreover, it provides information on the main protection concerns for migrants along the journey, information on the spillover effects of the conflict in the Sudan observed at the border with Ethiopia, a specific focus on children and information on the returns from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen.

In response to the Somalia’s severe drought beginning in November 2021, DTM Somalia launched an Emergency Trends Tracking (ETT) tool first in Gedo and Bay regions in 2022, and subsequently in Hiraan, Banadir and Middle Shabelle regions in 2023 to monitor drought related displacement trends and hotspots in support of operational planning. However, during the first half of 2023, conflict and flooding displacements have been significant. Therefore, DTM restructured its ETT tool to capture multi-shock displacements (drought, flood, conflict and other) from October 2023.

ETT is a crisis-based tool that tracks sudden displacement triggered by specific events or emerging crises. The objective of ETT is to help prioritize humanitarian response and to enable partners to deliver rapid assistance.

In September 2023, 17.292 migratory movements were observed at Djibout's flow monitoring points (FMPs), with a daily average of 618 migratory movements. The migratory flows observed at all the FMPs fell by 31% in September compared with August 2023 due to increased border control operations in Djibouti and Yemen, which slowed down the flow of migrants en route from Ethiopia.

Of these 17,292 movements, 3.691 (21%) were observed in the Obock region, where migrants cross the Gulf of Aden on their way to the Arabian Peninsula. Migration flows at the Obock FMPs were down by 15% compared with August 2023. This drop can be attributed to the increased border controls carried out by the Djibouti coastguard in Obock.

Between January and September 2023, arrivals from Ethiopia (92,457) increased significantly by 32% compared with the same period the previous year (69,874). Migration movements were mainly. incoming (45%), transit to the Arabian Peninsula (41%). transit within Djibouti (5%), transit to Ethiopia (7%) and outgoing (2%). Spontaneous returns from Yemen rose by 60%, from 349 in August to 559 in September, including 61 women (11%).

La DTM a identifié 4,926 personnes affectées dont 1,493 personnes déplacées par les vents violents et des pluies torrentielles dans les provinces de Mwaro, Kirundo, Bujumbura Mairie, Bururi, Cankuzo et Makamba.

This study highlights some of the opportunities and challenges related to remittances, including the trends and patterns of earning, sending and using remittances as well as the barriers migrants face in sending money home. The study found that migrants are generally sending less money home and a quarter are sending money less frequently. At the same time, the proportion of migrants’ families who are relying on remittances as their primary source of income has been on the rise across countries of origin, pointing to increasing hardship and soaring needs. 

This infographic presents the key findings of Round 48 of the mobility tracking component of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme in Libya.

IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme identified a total of 704,369 migrants from over 43 nationalities in the 100 Libyan municipalities during round 48 of data collection (May - June 2023). The number of migrants in Libya in May and June 2023 has remained relatively stable compared to the previous two rounds of data collection (705,746 migrants, Round 47, March-April 2023 and 706,472 migrants, Round 46, January - February 2023).

Ovaj izvještaj pruža uvide u profile, iskustva, potrebe, rute putovanja i namjere migranata koji su u tranzitu kroz Bosnu i Hercegovinu (BiH).

Podaci su prikupljeni od 4. do 29. septembra 2023. IOM je proveo vježbu praćenja ruta u Republici Srpskoj, Kantonu Sarajevo, Posavskom kantonu, Tuzlanskom kantonu, Bosansko-podrinjskom kantonu i Unsko-sanskom kantonu kako bi pratio trendove ulazaka i izlazaka, te modalitete tranzita unutar BiH. IOM je također anketirao 1.028 migranata na aktivnim tranzitnim lokacijama kao što su autobuske stanice i ključne ulazne i izlazne lokacije širom zemlje, kao i u tri tranzitna prihvatna centra u BiH (Lipa, Borići i Blažuj).

This report provides insights into the profiles, experiences, needs, routes travelled and intentions of migrants transiting through Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Data was collected from 4 September to 29 September 2023. IOM carried out a route observation exercise in the Republika Srpska, Sarajevo Canton, Posavina Canton, Tuzla Canton, Bosnian-Podrinje Canton and Una Sana Canton to monitor trends in entries and exits as well as transit modalities within BiH. IOM also surveyed 1,028 migrants in active transit locations such as bus stops or at key entry and exit locations throughout the country as well as in three transit reception centres in BiH (Lipa, Borići and Blažuj).