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

A range of data was collected during the assessments to better inform on travellers’ nationalities, sex, reasons for moving, mode of transportation and timeline of movement as shown in figures 2 to 5 below.

Pendant le mois de février 2022, 15 242 mouvements ont été observés aux points de suivi des flux (Flow Monitoring Points, FMP) à Djibouti, soit une moyenne journalière de 544 mouvements. Les flux migratoires ont augmenté de 20 pour cent par rapport au mois de janvier 2022, pendant lequel 454 mouvements avaient été observés en moyenne chaque jour. Cependant, ils n’ont pas encore atteint les niveaux observés pendant la période antérieure à la pandémie de COVID-19 (entre mars 2019 et mars 2020, la moyenne journalière était de 621).

In February 2022, 15,242 movements were observed at the Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) in Djibouti, representing a daily average of 544 movements. Migration flows increased by 20 per cent compared to the month of January 2022, during which an average of 454 movements had been registered daily. It is worth highlighting that migration flows have not yet reached pre-COVID-19 levels (between March 2019 and March 2020, the daily average was 621). 

IOM MOZAMBIQUE Temporary Accommodation Centre Mapping｜Tropical Cyclone Gombe & Heavy Rainfall – Nampula, Zambezia, Niassa and Sofala Provinces, March 2022

Starting on 24 February 2022, a large scale armed conflict triggered an unprecedented humanitarian crisis across all regions of Ukraine. Between March 9 and 16, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a rapid representative assessment of the general population in Ukraine to gather initial insights into internal displacement and mobility flows, and to assess local needs. While Displacement Tracking Matrix tools are being established, this general population assessment will serve as a preliminary source to identify areas with high humanitarian needs and to inform the targeting of response aiming to assist the conflict-affected population. The geographical scope of the assessment covers the entire territory of Ukraine, all five macro-regions (West, East, North, Centre, South, and the city of Kyiv), with the exception of the Crimean peninsula. The probabilistic sample, representative at macro-region level, was constructed through a random‐digit‐dial (RDD) approach, and 2,000 respondents aged 18 and over were interviewed using the computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) method. Those currently outside Ukraine were not interviewed. Population estimates assume that children travel together with their adult guardians. The estimates rely on the UNFPA population data for Ukraine, agreed upon as the common population baseline by the humanitarian community.

This report is also available in Ukrainian.

As part of the third phase of the Libyan national COVID-19 vaccination campaign led by the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), IOM conducted awareness raising sessions on COVID-19 vaccines with a total of 604 adult migrants (41 females and 563 males) in three locations, Ain Zara detention centre and community settings in two municipalities during the reporting period (13 - 19 Mar 2022).

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 Three), 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.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility through various travel disruptions and restrictions. To better understand how the pandemic affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed an online tool and database to register points of entry (POE), exit and transit, where mobility restrictions and response measures are in place. To support these efforts, the Displacement Tracking Matrix Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP) team in Pakistan mapped and gathered data on the current statuses of POEs in the country.

Between January and February 2022, the DTM REMAP team in Pakistan monitored 17¹ POEs. These included nine airports, six land borders and two blue borders. The status of various POEs changed significantly between January and February 2022 due to the 5th wave of COVID-19, changes to the security situation and fluctuations in national and international mobility restrictions. At the end of February, fifteen POEs were fully operational, one was partially operational and one was fully closed.

The Hala-Kijowska Trade and Storage Centre, also known as “Młyny”, is a warehouse converted for use as a reception centre for refugees crossing the border from Ukraine. The site is located near to the Korczawa-Krakowiec border crossing point. Młyny provides basic services for refugees prior to their onward journey, including short-term accommodation, NFIs, food and health services. The refugees passing through the site are predominately women and children, and while a high proportion indicated no immediate needs, a significant proportion did highlight the need for information and communication. This profile is based on data collected from key informants and household surveys on the 16th and 18th March 2022

Since 24 February 2022, over 3 million Ukrainian refugees and third country nationals have entered Poland as a result of war in 
Ukraine. This report is based on displacement patterns, needs and intentions survey launched by IOM's DTM. Surveys are conducted face-to-face by trained enumerators for DTM and World Central Kitchen at border crossing points and reception centres with Ukrainian refugees and TCNs leaving from Ukraine after 24 February 2022. Data is collected and stored through a mobile application. This report presents a preliminary analysis based on the first two weeks of data collection.