Cameroon — Displacement Report 6 (January 2017)

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Contact
DTM Cameroon, DTMCameroon@iom.int
Language
English
Location
Cameroon
Period Covered
Dec 09 2016
Dec 23 2016
Activity
  • Mobility Tracking
  • Baseline Assessment

DTM identified 191,908 internally displaced persons (33,469 households), 23,430 unregistered refugees (4,066 households) and 35,665 returnees (6,366 households). 92% of the displaced population was displaced by the insurgency and 8% by flooding and other natural disasters. 47% of the current population was displaced in 2016, 29% in 2015, 20% in 2014 and 4% before 2014. An estimated 62% of the displaced household population lives in host communities while 23% live in rented housing, 10% in spontaneous settlements, and 4% in collective centres.