In October 2021, a total of 26,092 movements were observed at 7 Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs). This represents an increase of 35 per cent in comparison with October 2020 (6 months after the country’s first case of COVID-19) when 19,392 movements were observed.
Out of the total observed movements, 41% were forced movements: 17% due to natural disaster (64% of them originated from Somalia), 12% due to food insecurity (66% of them originated from Ethiopia) and another 12% due to conflict (76% of them originated from Ethiopia).

In October 2021, a total of 14,227 movements were observed across four of Ethiopia's flow monitoring points (FMPs). It should be noted that data collection at Humera and Galafi Flow Monitoring Points in Tigray and Afar regions respectively did not take place due to security and access constraints, thus affecting the total number of movements for the month. This represents a 34.2% decrease in daily average movements in comparison with September 2021 when an average of 697 movements per day were observed.

Despite the decrease in movements this month, outgoing movements during October have continued to be higher than ever (87.9%) than incoming movements (12.1%). The proportion of outgoing versus incoming movements has continued to climb even above the proportions observed prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ethiopia. A total of 12,505 outgoing movements were observed of which 4,353 (34.8%) were heading towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2,702 (21.6%) were going to Kenya, 1,154 (9.2%) were travelling towards South Africa, 1,150 (9.2%) to Djibouti, 633 (5.1%) intended to reach the United Arab Emirates, and 439 (3.5%) headed to Qatar.

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 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.

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.