As of December 2023, there are 709,529 IDPs across 264 locations in Northern, Central and Southern Mozambique, primarily in Cabo Delgado province (76%). Two thirds of Cabo Delgado’s IDPs were displaced between 2020 and 2021, with 82 per cent experiencing multiple displacements. Other provinces such as Niassa also have high rates of protracted displacement, underscoring the critical importance of prioritizing integration as a viable solutions pathway for IDPs. Returnees mainly settle in districts of Cabo Delgado due to restored security, available land for farming, and family reunification. Overall, the rate of return movements in Mozambique has dwindled due to resurfacing violent attacks.

This report presents a deeper country-specific dive into the findings of the qualitative analysis of seven focus group discussions conducted between 1 and 15 August 2023 in Guara Guara and Macomia with 103 representatives of IDPs, host community, and returnees. Over two thirds (65%) of the respondents were female. Seventy-two per cent of respondents were between the age of 18 and 59, and the remaining 20 per cent were older than 60 years and 8 per cent were under the age of 17.

Monthly overview of:

• Arrivals in the Western Balkans
• Top three nationalities at arrivals in the reporting month
• Migrants presence in reception facilities
• Assisted Voluntary Returns and reintegration

Monthly overview of:

• Arrivals in the Western Balkans
• Top three nationalities at arrivals in the reporting month
• Migrants presence in reception facilities
• Assisted Voluntary Returns and reintegration

Monthly overview of:

• Arrivals in the Western Balkans
• Top three nationalities at arrivals in the reporting month
• Migrants presence in reception facilities
• Assisted Voluntary Returns and reintegration

Monthly overview of:

• Arrivals in the Western Balkans
• Top three nationalities at arrivals in the reporting month
• Migrants presence in reception facilities
• Assisted Voluntary Returns and reintegration

Rising water levels upstream from the Akosombo Dam, primarily due to heavy rainfall caused the Volta River Authority to spill excess water on 15 September 2023. The spillage has caused flooding in communities downstream of the dam, destroying homes and farmland along the banks of the River Volta. Therefore, some communities were displaced into safe havens (also known as collective centers) in the districts of Ada East, Central Tongu, North Tongu and Shai Osudoku.

To update population figures in the safe havens, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), with technical and financial support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), deployed the DTM-developed Standard Registration Tool. This initiative, carried out in collaboration with the World Food Programme, World Vision and the Ghanaian Federation of Persons with Physical Disabilities, took place between 14 and 17 November 2023. Thirty enumerators conducted registrations across 25 safe havens in the affected districts, recording over 7,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from 1,492 households. The deployment provided detailed data and an in-depth analysis of the specific needs of these households.

DTM Flow Monitoring, conducted by IOM Afghanistan, is designed to provide insights into the mobility patterns at Afghanistan’s border points with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. This activity involves two interlinked exercises: Flow Monitoring Counting (FMC), which monitors the number of movements across the border, and Flow Monitoring Surveys (FMS), which collect data on the profiles of randomly selected Afghan nationals crossing the border including documentation held, reasons for travel, and the intended period of stay/ travel. It is important to note that DTM collects information on total movements at a given border point, not the number of unique individuals entering or leaving the country. As a result, if one individual both left and re-entered Afghanistan during the reporting period, this would count as one outflow movement and one inflow movement. Movements can be attributed to a wide variety of reasons, including returnees coming back to Afghanistan after living abroad, people visiting family, deportees, those travelling for economic reasons, medical patients, students, or Afghans moving abroad for different reasons. Circular movements, which include those who frequently and regularly travel back and forth across the border for trade and other reasons, are also common. This monitoring offers a clear picture of population movements in and out of the country. 

DTM FM is operational at four main crossing points (connected to Afghanistan’s National Highway) as well as six other crossing points with Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. This weekly snapshot combines information from the FM activity and various IOM sources related to cross-border movement. For a detailed explanation of the methodology used in gathering this data, the report directs readers to the section titled “IOM INFLOW DATA” on the last page.

This report aims to provide an overview of the migration patterns and mobility in Tajikistan, drawing upon data from the latest available sources between January to June 2024 from national and international datasets on mi­gratory movements concentrating on the most recent migration situation in Tajikistan. This includes migration flow, number of residences permits and remittances, as well as reasons for migration. The report includes the continuing impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on traditional migration corridors in the region, changing labour migration flows, increase of climate change and migration concerns, the growing urbanization process, the social-economic circumstances, and other major events described as main contributing factors of the human mobility and migratory movements in the given period in the country. Additionally, the report also narrates the impacts of the tragic incident on the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow carried out on 22 March 2024 by Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K), which involved Tajik migrants as perpetrators on migratory movements.

This report provides insights into the profiles, experiences, needs, routes travelled and intentions of migrants transiting through Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Data was collected from 1 to 30 August 2024. IOM carried out a route observation exercise in the Republika Srpska, Sarajevo Canton, Posavina Canton, Tuzla Canton, Bosnian-Podrinje Canton and Una Sana Canton to monitor trends in entries and exits as well as transit modalities within BiH. IOM also surveyed 288 migrants in active transit locations such as bus stops or at key entry and exit locations throughout the country as well as in four transit reception centres (TRCs) in BiH (Lipa, Ušivak, Borići and Blažuj).