Mali — Flow Monitoring Report 55 (August 2020)

In Mali, Flow Monitoring Points are set up at key transit locations across the country (Gao, Timbuktu, Kidal, Menaka, Mopti, Kayes, Segou, Sikasso and Bamako) to monitor the movements of travelers coming from and headed to other countries in West and North Africa. In August 2020, the average daily number of individuals observed at the Flow Monitoring Points (384) decreased by 12 per cent compared to the previous month. Nationals from Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal accounted for 88 per cent of all the migrants recorded at the flow monitoring points. Burkina Faso, Algeria, Mauritania and Niger are major transit countries for migrants after their stopover in Mali.