As part of the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign led by the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), IOM conducted awareness-raising sessions on COVID-19 vaccines for a total of 305 adult migrants in community settings in three municipalities during the ninth week. Trained IOM community mobilizers, accompanied by medical teams provided the migrants with critical information on COVID-19 vaccines, including its importance, dosage, side effects and addressed questions and concerns related to the vaccination processes. During the ninth week, 720 people (520 migrants and 200 Libyans) have received either Sinopharm or AstraZeneca vaccines.

L’OIM, en collaboration avec l’Institut National de la Statistique du Mali (INSTAT), a mis en œuvre une enquête dite de Présence des Migrants entre juillet et août 2021. Cette enquête a pour objectif de mettre en lumière les tendances, profils, vulnérabilités et besoins spécifiques des populations migrantes afin de mettre en place un cadre spécifique en faveur de la protection des migrants, de la lutte contre la traite et de la promotion d’un retour sûr et digne en vue d’une réintégration durable.

Cette enquête s’est déroulée dans les régions de Kayes, Sikasso et dans le District de Bamako où, selon l’Enquête Modulaire Permanente Auprès des Ménages (EMOP) de l’INSTAT réalisée chaque année, une population migrante importante vie dans ces régions.

Sur la base de la population totale des migrants économiques des trois régions retenues, un échantillon de 1 094 de ces migrants a été sélectionné. La taille de cet échantillon a été répartie proportionnellement à la taille de la population migrante de chacune des communes des régions retenues.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movements to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States in the North East Nigeria. Assessments are conducted at Points of Entry located along the border with Cameroon.

During the period 01 - 30 November 2021, 1,242 movements were observed at three Points of Entry in Borno state. Of the total movements recorded, 620 were incoming from the Far North Region in Cameroon while 3 were incoming from Bol in Chad republic. Additionally, 619 outgoing movements were recorded from Borno State to the Far North Region in Cameroon.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movements to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States in North East Nigeria. Assessments are conducted at Points of Entry located along the border with Cameroon.

During the period 27 November - 03 December 2021, 296 movements were observed at three Points of Entry in Borno state. Of the total movements recorded, 257 were incoming from the Far North Region in Cameroon while 39 outgoing movements were recorded from Borno State to the Far North Region in Cameroon.

Due to the hostilities in Naulala and its environs (approximately 60 kilometers from Mecula Sede), which are located in the Mecula district of Niassa province, on 4 December 2021, IOM's DTM team in conjunction with Mozambique’s National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD), conducted an assessment in the displacement location of EPC Mecula (a school that is currently being used as a temporary accommodation centre; located in Mutopene bairro in Mecula sede of Mecula district). According to the assessment, this centre houses an estimated 682 individuals (205 households).

All of the displaced people attributed their movements to heightened hostilities and fears of insecurity in their home communities. The majority of IDPs cited Naulala and Gomba as their previous residences.

Results from the assessment show that while IDP families have received some form of shelter assistance (NFIs, emergency shelter, technical, and labor assistance), and nearly 75 per cent of displaced families have received some form of food distribution, all of the aforementioned assistance came from INGD. While all of the aforementioned assistance came from INGD, the IDPs remain in desperate need of additional humanitarian assistance.

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 Two), and activated on a needs 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.

As part of the IDP relocation programme issued by the Borno State Government (BSG), the IDPs residing in Bakasi Camp were relocated to their LGAs of origin.

On 21 November 2021, the Borno State Government (BSG) commenced the relocation of the IDPs residing in Bakasi Camp, located in Maisandari ward in the MMC LGA of Borno State. Following this event, a rapid assessment was conducted by DTM field staff in order to capture these IDP movements, inform the humanitarian community and enable targeted assistance to the BSG. Flash reports utilise direct observation and a broad network of key informants to gather representative data and collect information on the number, profile and immediate needs of the repatriated population.

Between 21 November and 01 December, an estimated number of 4,378 individuals or 769 households were relocated from Bakasi Camp to various locations in the state. Parts of the IDP population organised the relocation themselves, others were assisted by the Borno State Government. Of the total IDP movement, 955 individuals or 161 households relocated to camps or camp-like settings in Gwoza LGA, while 2,029 individuals or 347 households were hosted by the local communities of Gwoza LGA. Camps and camp-like settings in Monguno welcomed a total of 889 individuals in 169 households, while 505 individuals in 92 households are currently hosted by communities in Monguno LGA.

The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions and restrictions. To better understand how COVID-19 affects global mobility, DTM has developed a COVID-19 database mapping the different restrictions to provide a global overview. For this, DTM uses the IATA site as the primary source of restrictions with the information reported per country and territory, and to the country of application.

Data collected includes:

1. Date of restriction 
2. Country, territory or area of restriction
3. Countries, territories or areas on which restrictions were imposed
4. Type of restriction- total restriction, or conditional restriction – such as medical/ and or visa restriction

This DTM COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Output presents an analysis based on country imposing, the country being imposed upon, and the aggregation of the restriction type. The aim of the data analysis is to provide an overview of the COVID-19 outbreak on global mobility and to help identify and develop responses.