This infosheet provides a snapshot of the activities, objectives and structure of the Regional Data Hub at IOM's Regional Office for West and Central Africa.

According to the latest available gures from the Turkish Presidency of Migration Management (PMM), there are more than 4.7 million foreign nationals present in Türkiye, 3.6 million of whom are seeking international protection. Most are Syrians (3,279,152 individuals) who have been granted temporary protection status. In addition, international protection holders from countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Ukraine constitute another group of foreign nationals. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there were 304,697 refugees and asylum-seekers in Türkiye as of 2022. Moreover in 2022, according to PMM, there were 33,246 international protection applicants in the country, a gure released by PMM annually.
In addition, there are 1,174,013 foreign nationals present in Türkiye, holding residence permits. Compared to September 2022, this is a decrease of 189,969 individuals.

Since March 2022, following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been collecting data on internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and the nondisplaced population through a nationwide survey. Starting with Round 13, the General Population Survey methodology was adjusted to provide oblast-level representative data, with 20,000 randomized interviews conducted in each round.

This snapshot report offers an initial overview of population figures and the geographic distribution of displaced and returnee populations as of September 25, 2023. In Round 14, population estimates were based on the new UNFPA population baseline for Ukraine (eq. 33M in August 2023), excluding the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, shown by a grey dotted line in Figure 1. R13 used the UNFPA baseline from May 2023 (41M), also excluding the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, marked by a yellow dotted line. Rounds 1-12 used a baseline population of 44M for IDPs, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. In Rounds 1-13, the returnee baseline was ≈30 million, considering the subtraction of the IDPs and people abroad (UNHCR). This change in the baseline scenario contributes to the adjustments of the est. total numbers of IDPs and returnees.

Overview

From 15 April 2023, armed clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Clashes initially took place in cities across Northern and Khartoum states, later spreading across the Darfur and Kordofan regions.

Key Findings

• DTM Sudan estimates that 4,551,795 Individuals (907,833 Households) have been recently internally displaced.
• The IDP caseload has been observed in 4,647 locations across all of Sudan’s 18 states.
• The highest proportions of IDPs have been observed in River Nile (12.66%), South Darfur (11.19%), East Darfur (11.01%), Aj Jazirah (8.07%), Northern (7.97%), and North Darfur (7.37%).
• Field teams report that the IDPs observed were originally displaced from eight states. The majority (3,120,044 IDPs, 68.55%) have been reportedly displaced from Khartoum state; followed by South Darfur (14.58%), North Darfur (7.97%), Central Darfur (3.99%), West Darfur (3.75%), South Kordofan (0.72%), North Kordofan (0.43%), and Aj Jazirah (0.01%).
• IOM DTM also reports that an estimated 1,237,103 mixed cross-border movements have been made into neighbouring countries.

IOM Yemen DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of origin or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, geography, and needs. It also tracks returnees who returned to their location of origin.                                                                                                

From 1 January to 7 October 2023, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 4,652 households (HH) (27,912 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 1 and 7 October 2023, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 35 households (210 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:                                                                                        

• Ta’iz (13 HHs) – Al Makha (12 HHs), Salah (1 HH) districts. All displacements in the governorate were internal.
• Ma’rib (11 HHs) – Ma’rib (6 HHs), Ma’rib City (5 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Hajjah and Ta’iz.
• Lahj (5 HHs) – Tuban (3 HHs), Al Hawtah (2 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Al Hodeidah and Ta’iz.

The majority of people moved from the following governorates and districts:

• Ta’iz (19 HHs) – Maqbanah (8 HHs), At Ta’iziyah (4 HHs), Al Waziyah (3 HHs) districts.
• Al Hodeidah (5 HHs) – Al Hali (2 HHs), Al Jarrahi (1 HH), Jabal Ras (1 HH) districts.
• Ma’rib (3 HHs) – Al Jubah (3 HHs) district.

IOM works with national and local authorities in order to gain a better understanding of population movements throughout Southern Africa. Through
the setup of Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs), IOM seeks to quantify migration flows, trends and routes and to gain a better understanding of the profiles of observed individuals at entry, transit or exit points (such as border crossing posts, bus stations, rest areas, police checkpoints and reception centres). This report is an overview of the data collected in these FMPs from 1 to 31 August 2023. Inter-regional migration from and within the Southern Africa is categorized along the following corridors. The Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) were set-up in several key transit locations along the corridors to track the movements of passengers:

• Zimbabwe (Mutare) – Mozambique (Manica)

• Zimbabwe (Chirundu) – Zambia

• Zimbabwe – Botswana (Plumtree)

• Zimbabwe – South Africa (Beitbridge)

• Malawi (Mchinji) – Zambia (Mwami)

• Malawi (Karonga) – United Republic of Tanzania

• Malawi (Mwanza) – Mozambique (Zobue)

• Malawi (Mangochi) – Mozambique

• Mozambique (Ressano Garcia) – South Africa

Over the reporting period a total of 71,106 movements were observed across 43 FMPs in the region. The Zimbabwe – South Africa (Beitbridge) corridor hosted the largest number of movements with 42,394 (60%), followed by the Malawi (Mwanza) – Mozambique (Zobue) corridor with 10,038 (14%) and the Zimbabwe (Chirundu) – Zambia corridor with 5,764 (8%) movements reported.