The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 has affected global and regional mobility, including mobility in Bangladesh, through various travel disruptions and restrictions. To better understand how the pandemic affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) developed an online tool and database to register points of entry, exit and transit - such as airports and land and blue border crossing points - where mobility restrictions and preparedness and response measures are in place. To support these efforts, over a period of 22 months, the Displacement Tracking Matrix Regional Evidence for Migration Analysis and Policy (DTM REMAP) team in Bangladesh mapped and gathered data on the locations, statuses and restrictions at Points of Entry (PoE) in the country. The information gathered allows more in-depth analysis to uncover specific trends related to the locations, statuses and restrictions of PoEs in Bangladesh.

In December 2021, the DTM REMAP team in Bangladesh assessed 23 PoEs. The most common type of PoE reported was land borders (12), followed by airports (8) and blue borders (3). Internal transit points are not taken into account for analysis in this snapshot. During the PoE reporting period, the number of assessed PoEs in Bangladesh increased from 19 to 231 PoEs. The status of the PoEs changed notably. None of the PoEs were fully operational at the beginning of the assessment. However, by December 2021, 19 PoEs were fully operational, one was partially operational, three were fully closed.

L’évaluation rapide de l’OIM (Emergency Tracking Tool, ETT) est un outil mis en place dans le but de collecter des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations. Ces informations sont collectées à la suite de visites sur le terrain et ou d’entretiens téléphoniques avec les informateurs clés des sites de déplacement ou des communautés d’accueil. D’autres informations sont ensuite recueillies et analysées à partir des outils d’Evaluation Rapide Multisectorielle (ERM). Ce rapport synthétique présente les résultats de l’évaluation menée sur terrain du 21 au 23 décembre 2021.

Between the 17th and 23rd of January 2022, a total of 3,409 movements were recorded in  Adamawa and Borno States. The recorded movements consisted of 3,072 arrivals and 337 departures. Arrivals were recorded at locations in Askira/Uba, Bama, Biu, Damboa, Gwoza, Kala/Balge, Monguno and Ngala Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the most conflict-affected Borno State and in Fufore, Girei, Gombi, Hong, Lamurde, Maiha, Michika, Mubi South, Song, Yola North and Yola South LGAs of Adamawa State.

Departures were recorded in Konduga LGA of Borno, and Fufore, Gombi, Hong, Lamurde, Maiha, Mubi South, Song, and Yola South LGAs of Adamawa State.

Irregular migration is a complex, dynamic and fragmented phenomenon, and remains difficult to fully picture. Strengthening the understanding of migration routes, trends as well as migrant profiles is critical in order to protect migrants and support evidence-based policies. The International Organization for Migration's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and Missing Migrants Project (MMP) collect data on the departures, arrivals, deaths and disappearances of migrants along migratory routes.

This document presents the resumption of migration from the coasts of West Africa to the Canary Islands (Spain). This route, already active in 2006, saw an increasing number of movements in 2021. The risks, deaths and disappearances following shipwrecks are also on the rise along the Atlantic coasts.

Between January and December 2021, 22,316 individuals reached the Canary Islands irregularly by boat, after crossing from West African Coasts, representing a slight decrease of 707 people compared to 2020 (23,023)

El 86% de los nacionales venezolanos entrevistados (as) durante el mes de noviembre indican que proceden de Venezuela, destacándose que el 15% provienen de Distrito Capital, 11% de Carabobo y 10% de Aragua. En una proporción menor provienen de otros países como: Perú (7%), Ecuador (5%) y Chile (2%).

The emergence and spread of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone has highlighted the need for effective disease prevention and mitigating measures as well as ordered and structured border management. To that end, it was deemed crucial to garner a better and more comprehensive understanding of mobility patterns and trends, characteristics of mobility and to identify key crossing points with Guinea and Liberia, Sierra Leone’s neighbouring countries.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted a participatory mapping exercise between 12 and 22 October 2021 in Kailahun, Pujehun and Falaba Districts, chosen for their strategic location in transboundary mobility, with the aim of identifying major crossing points between Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, understanding mobility patterns and trends, and identifying key characteristics of cross-border mobility.  This is particularly important given the porousness of international borders, which make it more difficult to track movements between countries. This exercise sought, by enhancing comprehension of cross-border mobility, to inform programmes and policies to strengthen infection disease preparedness, monitoring and response.   

From 3 to 25 November 2021, in close coordination with provincial government and INGD partners, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) teams conducted Multi-Sectoral Location Assessments (MSLA) in 66 sites hosting 194,837 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Cabo Delgado province, 1 site with 6,567 IDPs in Nampula province, and 2 sites with 285 IDPs in Niassa province, in response to the mass displacements caused by the insecurity situation in the north. In all sites, the majority of IDPs were displaced by the insecurity situation. Of the total 201,689 individuals in the assessed sites, 49,955 (or 25%) are women, 38,546 (19%) are men, and 113,188 (56%) are children.

O aumento dos incidentes de segurança no norte de Moçambique desde 2017 resultou no deslocamento da população, bem como nas subsequentes necessidades humanitárias. Para melhor compreender o alcance das tendências e necessidades das populações deslocadas, a Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) activou a DTM na província de Cabo Delgado em Fevereiro de 2019.

A DTM tem pontos focais e enumeradores em 277 localidades da província de Cabo Delgado e recolhe dados em estreita coordenação com o Governo. Esta 14ª ronda de avaliação abrangeu também as províncias vizinhas de Inhambane (2 localidades, contra 6 reportadas na ronda anterior; a diminuição foi atribuída à realocação) Nampula (53 localidades), Niassa (14 localidades), assim como as províncias da Zambézia (6 localidades), e Sofala (2 localidades).

De 22 de Setembro a 23 de Outubro de 2021, em estreita coordenação com o governo provincial e os parceiros do INGD, as equipas da Matriz de Mointoria de Deslocamentos (DTM) da Organização Internacional para as Migrações (OIM) realizaram Avaliações Multisectoriais de Locais (MSLA) em 59 locais que acolhem 192.721 deslocados internos na província de Cabo Delgado, 1 local com 5.934 deslocados internos na província de Nampula, e 2 locais com 336 deslocados internos na província do Niassa, em resposta aos deslocamentos em massa causados pela situação de insegurança no norte. Em todos os locais, a maioria dos deslocados internos foram deslocados pela situação de insegurança. Do total de 198.991 indivíduos nos locais avaliados, 62.045 (ou 31%) são mulheres, 32.022 (16%) são homens, e 107.948 (53%) são crianças. Os dados demográficos nas Figuras 2 e 3 são uma amostra recolhida através da amostragem aleatória de vinte agregados familiares por local.