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. 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 1 to 13 April 2024. For more information about methodology, see the section in the last page of this report titled “IOM INFLOW DATA.” 

Due to an observed increase in inflows to Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj districts that was driven in part by challenges related to protracted displacement, social tensions between Yazidis and other residents and family reunification, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Iraq launched an emergency tracking tool in April 2023 to understand the number of people in movement and their main characteristics.

Due to an observed increase in inflows to Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj districts trigged by social tension between Yazidis and other residents, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Iraq launched an emergency tracking tool in April 2023 to understand the number of people in movement and their main characteristics.

Due to an observed increase in inflows to Sinjar and Al-Ba’aj districts trigged by social tension between Yazidis and other residents, the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Iraq launched an emergency tracking tool in April 2023 to understand the number of people in movement and their main characteristics.

This report on remittance inflows to Pakistan from 2019 to 2024 details the fluctuating trends in money sent home by the Pakistani diaspora. The report highlights the economic impact of these financial transfers. Initially, remittances grew significantly, reaching USD 31 billion in 2021, but this was followed by a decline, with 2023 seeing a drop to USD 26.3 billion, largely due to economic issues in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and restrictive financial policies in Pakistan. Despite these challenges, remittance inflows remained a critical source of foreign exchange and economic stability, particularly during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 floods.

Since October 8 there has been an increase in cross-border incidents between Israel and Lebanon, resulting in the displacement of people both within the South and elsewhere within the country. Since October 10, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has been conducting the daily monitoring of population movements. The objective of the exercise is to inform preparedness and response planning.

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 13 April 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 961 households (HH) (5,766 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 7 and 13 April 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 7 households (42 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:

• Ma'rib (7 HHs) – Harib (4 HHs), Ma'rib City (2 HHs), Ma'rib (1 HH) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Al Jawf and Al Hodeidah.

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

• Al Jawf (4 HHs) – Al Humaydat (4 HHs) district.
• Al Hodeidah (1 HH) – Ad Dohi (1 HH) district.
• Taiz (1 HH) – Al Mudhaffar (1 HH) district.

IOM identified 7 displaced households in the previous reporting period, which covered 31 March - 06 April 2024, in the governorates of Ma'rib (6 HHs), and Al Hodeidah (1 HH). These figures have been added to the cumulative displacement total recorded since the beginning of the year.