Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) estimates 239,518 people to be affected by recent floods and the first landfall of tropical storm Freddy across central and southern Mozambique (24 February 2023). Storm and flood conditions have impacted the provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala and Zambezia. As of 08 March 2023, available reports indicate 8,111 individuals (1,938 families) have taken shelter in 10 accommodation centres (ACs) across Sofala, 3,324 individuals (748 families) in 14 ACs across Inhambane, 1,461 individuals (223 families) in 5 ACs in Gaza and 60 individuals (15 families) in 1 AC in Zambezia. The majority of these centres are schools and churches. Reported priority needs include WASH, protection, health, food and emergency shelters. As rain and flood events develop, ongoing joint assessments with INGD and humanitarian partners monitor the needs and conditions of affected populations in the region.

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 Northern Ethiopia observed at the border between Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan, a specific focus on children and information on the returns from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen.

Detention Centre Profiling is a component of IOM Libya’s Displacement Matrix programme. It is a data oriented tool that routinely provides specific sex and age demographic data and key sectorial information on individuals held in Libya’s detention centres on the date of assessment.

The DTM Emergency Event Tracking (EET) is deployed to track sudden displacement and population movements, provide more frequent updates on the scale of displacement, and quantify the affected population when needed. As a subcomponent of the new Mobility Tracking methodology in Sudan (Round Five), and activated on a need basis, EET utilises a broad network of key informants to capture best estimates of the affected population presence per location – a useful tool for humanitarian response planning and design.

During the reporting period (1 to 28 February 2023), a total 25 of movements, were recorded - 15 arrivals (171 individuals), 10 departures (128 individuals). The largest arrival movements were recorded in Cidade de Nampula (135 individuals). The largest departure movements were recorded in Cidade de Nampula (78 individuals). Of the total population, 70 per cent of mobile groups were displaced for the first time, 20 per cent for a second time and 10 per cent were displaced three times.

According to the latest available figures from the Turkish Presidency of Migration Management (PMM), there are more than 5.2* million foreign nationals present in Turkish territory, 3.9* million of whom are seeking international protection. Most are  Syrians (3,535,898* individuals: 3,488,373* urban caseload and 47,525* residing in camps) who are granted temporary protection status in Türkiye. There is a decrease of 201,471 individuals in the number of Syrian nationals in comparison to last year’s figures. According to PMM, as of end of 2022, there were 33,246* international protection applicants most frequently nationals of Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine constitute another group of foreign nationals seeking Turkish humanitarian and legal protection.

Moreover, according to UNHCR**, there were 318,903 refugees and asylum-seekers in Türkiye as of mid of 2022.

In addition, there are 1,354,094* foreign nationals present in Türkiye holding residency permits including humanitarian residence holders.

According to PMM, 285,027* migrants in irregular situation of different nationalities were apprehended in Türkiye in 2022. Please see Page 4
for more details.

*Data source PMM, 31.12.2022
**Data source UNHCR, mid of 2022