West and Central Africa
DTM West and Central Africa
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Nigeria's North Central and North West Zones are afflicted with a multidimensional crisis that is rooted in long-standing tensions between ethnic and religious groups and involves attacks by criminal groups and banditry/hirabah (such as kidnapping and grand larceny along major highways).
This report calls for a comprehensive and contextualized understanding of migrant vulnerability across the most popular West and Central African migration routes – examining risk and protective factors at the individual, household, community and structural levels – to stimulate the development of
North Central And North West Zones Site Assessment Dashboard 6
IOM manages the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in Nigeria and other countries around the world, to support humanitarian communities with data on displacement and mobility.
Round 6 of DTM data collection in the north-west and north-central geopolitical zones was conducted between 8 and 24 February 2021.
North Central And North West Zones IDP Population Variation Dashboard 6
Between 31 May and 6 June 2021, a total of 1,962 movements were recorded in the states of Adamawa and Borno. The recorded movements consisted of 1,295 arrivals and 667 departures.
The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Information is collected through key informant interviews or direct observation.
Surging communal violence between ethnic and religious groups, and long-standing conflicts between farming communities and nomadic herders are prevalent across north-east Nigeria.
Le suivi des urgences a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations. Les informations sont collectées à travers des entretiens avec des informateurs clés ou des observations directes.
La pandémie de COVID-19 a eu des conséquences majeures sur la mobilité dans le monde. Au-delà des fortes perturbations de la mobilité, de nombreux gouvernements ont imposé des mesures limitants ou interdisant les mouvements de personnes dans le but d'endiguer la propagation du virus.
The objective of DTM’s (Displacement Tracking Matrix) Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements.
To better understand and capture how COVID-19 has been affecting global mobility, IOM developed a global database (the Mobility Restrictions Mapping, MRM) which maps, tracks, and analyses the changes and trends in operational status of and mobility restrictions at Points of Entry (PoEs) including
L’outil de suivi des urgences (ETT, Emergency Tracking Tool) de la Matrice de suivi des déplacements (DTM, Displacement Tracking Matrix) a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected mobility in West and Central Africa in the form of various travel disruptions, restrictions and bans.
Le suivi des urgences a pour but de recueillir des informations sur les mouvements importants et soudains de populations. Les informations sont collectées à travers des entretiens avec des informateurs clés ou des observations directes.
The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Information is collected through key informant interviews or direct observation.
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.
Nigeria's North Central and North West Zones are afflicted with a multidimensional crisis that is rooted in long-standing tensions between ethnic and religious groups and involves attacks by criminal groups and banditry/hirabah (such as kidnapping and grand larceny along major highways).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), monitors the movement to and from Nigeria's Adamawa and Borno States, located in the North East Zone.
On 31 May 2021 at 2:30PM, there was a fire outbreak at Kuya Primary School Camp that reportedly destroyed shelters and belongings of numerous IDP households. This incident fully destroyed 327 shelters and partially damaged 30 shelters, affecting a total of 1,246 individuals in 353 households.
The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement.
Between 24 and 30 May 2021, a total of 1,858 movements were recorded in the states of Adamawa and Borno. The recorded movements consisted of 1,228 arrivals and 630 departures.
The lingering conflict in Nigeria's North East Zone has been the major cause of widespread population displacement.
DTM Global Survey 2023
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Global Survey 2023 is an annual stocktaking exercise which aims to present IOM DTM's operations and activities transparently. The Global Survey focuses on operations active from January 1 to December 31, 2023, with data collection occurring from February to April 2024.