Key findings:

• Specific needs* include chronic diseases or serious medical conditions (60%), visual impairment (18%), mobility impairment (8%) and pregnant or lactating women (8%).
• Priority needs include medicine (32%) and healthcare services (67%).
• More male respondents reported needing medicine (35%) than their female counterparts (31%)
• Female respondents required healthcare services (69%) more than men (65%).
• Groups with elderly required medicine (40%) more than healthcare services (30%).
• Groups with children needed healthcare services (56%) more than medicine (46%),

Key Findings:

• Among respondents, 43 per cent are active (employed or unemployed), and 46 per cent are inactive (student status, parental leave, retirement, unemployment and not looking for a job).
• Within active population, 54 per cent are employed and 46 are unemployed.
• 90 per cent of respondents do not speak Romanian
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• Top barriers to employment include: language barrier (55%), where to find jobs (40%) and lack of jobs suited to qualifications (40%)5
• Top reasons for unemployment and not looking for a job: parental leave (39%), helping family (15%), retired (15%) and no need to work (14%)
• Top occupations: services and sales (28%), plants and machinery operations (21%), education (16%), administrative fields (9%)

Environmental change is increasingly recognized as a central and cross-cutting issue globally and in West and Central Africa (WCA) in particular. However, comprehensive data on environmental migration is lacking, hindering the in-depth understanding of the links between environmental change, disasters, and migration in WCA.  

According to the IOM’s definition, “environmental migrants are persons or groups of persons who, predominantly for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affects their lives or living conditions, are obliged to leave their habitual homes, or choose to do so, either temporarily or permanently, and who move either within their country or abroad” making the essential criterion to identify environmental migrants to require that environmental phenomena play a predominant role in the migration decision.

This first dashboard aims at providing detailed information and evidence on people on the move in the context of disasters, climate change, and environmental degradation.

Effective recovery and development initiatives rely heavily upon data collected at the local level. The use of data in recovery and development planning and implementation ensures that these processes are accountable, evidence-based and reflect the needs of the community.

This workshop sought to explore the current and possible role of data in locally led recovery initiatives in Ukraine. To do so, the workshop brought together representatives of the Ministry of Restoration, representatives of oblast and hromada authorities, donors, as well as international and Ukrainian humanitarian and development organisations. Through a series of structured panel discussions, the workshop participants examined the needs and challenges faced in generating and using data at the local level to meet requirements in accordance with the national strategy for recovery planning and garner the needed international assistance.

This report summarises the rationale and outlines the main points of discussion, which were focused on the expected outcomes of the workshop. Finally, based upon these discussions, the report provides some conclusions and recommendations proposed by the participants.

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the movement trends involving Afghan returnees from Pakistan. The assessment was conducted from January to December 2023 and employs the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology across several Border Crossing Points (BCPs) to analyse movement trends of Afghan returnees from Pakistan. IOM collected data from 23,860 household heads, representing 558,212 Afghan nationals.

The report highlights the significant increase in the number of returnees following the enactment of Pakistan's "Illegal Foreigners’ Repatriation Plan (IFRP)," which led to a marked spike in movements during the fourth quarter of 2023. It also details the demographics and vulnerabilities of the returnees, showing that a substantial number are undocumented or hold invalid documentation.

Additionally, the report examines the socio-economic impacts on the returnees, such as changes in their source of income and types of residence before and after their return. It further notes the challenges returnees anticipate in Afghanistan, including finding employment, securing shelter, and reintegrating into society.