Chad — Emergency Tracking Tool Report

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. This dashboard presents information on movements of persons collectively expulsed from Libya who arrived in the town of Ounianga-Kébir, located in Ennedi-Ouest Province, near the Libyan border, on 28 June 2021

From 13 to 28 June 2021, around 610 households (3,509 individuals) have returned to their places of origin in the villages of Sourou, Baïpague, Mini and Loussaye located in the sous-préfecture of Mbitoye near the Central African border (Monts de Lam département, Logone Oriental Province). On 30 May 2021, following armed clashes, 1,010 households of 4,900 people fled those villages to take refuge in the town of Mbitoye located in the same sous-prefecture.

According to key informants, given the return of calm in the area of origin, other people will continue to go back to their places of residence in the coming days. A Multi-Sectoral Assessment was conducted from 23 to 26 June 2021 by various humanitarian actors, included IOM, to understand the conditions of return of these persons. The report of this assessment is still under preparation.

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. This dashboard provides information on displacement which occurred between 28 May and 10 June 2021 in the Province of Batha.

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. This dashboard provides information on displacement which occurred on  3 June 2021 in one site of Lac Province. On 3 June 2021, due to increasing insecurity in the Lake Province and the lack of humanitarian assistance, 54 households (189 individuals) preventively left the villages of Karaga and Kaouda located in the islands of Lake Chad (Kangalam sous-préfecture, Mamdi départment) to take refuge in the Bibi Dar Al Amné site, located on the mainland (within the same sous-préfecture).

The objective of DTM’s (Displacement Tracking Matrix) Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Following armed clashes which have occurred since the beginning of April 2021 in the town of Kanga-Bandero in the Central African Republic, more than 6,457 people of Chadian nationality, as well as a large number of people of Central African nationality, have crossed the border to take refuge in the town of Sido (Grande Sido Department, Moyen-Chari Province).  The sites of Ngandaza and Sido-Centre, located in the same village, are currently home to 1,112 households (6,457 individuals). This report aims to present the profiles of the people currently residing in these sites.

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. This dashboard provides information on displacement which occurred on 30 May 2021 in the sous-préfecture of Mbitoye (département of Monts de Lam).

Following an attack by non-state armed groups in December 2020 in Niger in the locality of Toumour (Diffa region), 1,800 people, all Chadian nationals, left the locality of Toumour to take refuge in the locality of Boulouwa, located in the Batha province in central Chad. Movements started in January 2021 and are still ongoing.

These people indicated that they were originally from Boulouwa (Chad) and left during the lean season in 1985, to continue their agro-pastoral activities in Niger. To arrive at the current location, they reported that they had moved on foot between Toumour and the Chadian border, and then by vehicle between the Chadian border and the current location, where they had built makeshift shelters with the help of the local community.

Although they have received assistance with food and non-food items, their needs remain high, particularly for shelter, water and latrines.

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. This dashboard presents information on movements which took place on 30 April, 2 May and 13 May 2021 in the town of Ounianga-Kébir, located in Ennedi-Ouest Province, near the Libyan border.

Following their collective expulsion from Libya, 159 Chadian nationals (including 114 adult men, 32 adult women, 6 girls et 3 boys) arrived in the town of Ounianga-Kébir (Ennedi-Ouest province). With the IOM-led programme designed to provide humanitarian assistance to collectively expelled individuals during quarantine coming to an end in December 2020, local authorities need support to ensure continuity in the provision of assistance to these persons, without which quarantine measures cannot be enforced. Since mid-April 2020, 1,552 individuals have been collectively expelled from Libya to Ounianga-Kébir. They often arrive in Chad in a highly vulnerable state.

The objective of the Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT) of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is to collect information on large and sudden population movements. Since 11 April 2021, following armed conflict and clashes in the Central African Republic (CAR), thousands of Chadian and Central African nationals are crossing the border and found refuge in the city of Sido in the south of Chad.

Returnees have found refuge in Sido in the offiical school of Centre A and in the spontaneous site of Ngandaza. As of 19 April 2021, 789 households of 7,212 Chadian nationals have settled in two locations (481 households composed of 4 400 individuals at the school and 308 households composed of 2,812 individuals at Ngandaza).

The data presented in this report was collected from the 17 to 19 April 2021 through discussions with key informants composed of local authorities and representatives of Chadian returnees. In addition, five group discussions were held with returnees (3 groups of women et 2 groups of men). This report seeks to provide an overview of the demographic profile of these returnees, as well as their situations and needs in host locations.

From 11 to 12 April 2021, following armed clashes in the town of Kanga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic (CAR), 4,122 Chadian nationals and a significant number of Central African nationals crossed the border into Chad and fled to the town of Sido (Département of Grande Sido, Province of Moyen-Chari).

At the time of writing this report, these forced displacement movements were still ongoing. Additional data collection will be conducted to gather updated and in-depth information.

It should be noted that nationalities are self-declaratory and have not been confirmed or verified through I.D. verification.