Ukraine Crisis Response
Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, IOM has worked to provide direct assistance to affected populations but has also provided a better understanding of these individuals’ situations, aiming at improving and consolidating the crisis response efforts undertaken by IOM, governments, and the international community.
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme seeks to understand where affected people are, their most urgent needs, and their intentions for the coming period. IOM has conducted surveys across Ukraine and the region, providing crucial insights to inform evidence-based humanitarian actions and policy.
Inside Ukraine, IOM has implemented consecutive rounds of representative general population survey since March 2022, tracking internal displacement and mobility flows. This survey gathers insights into the situation and needs of vulnerable population groups across thematic areas, applying intersectoral approach to collect information. IOM has also built a field presence and a network of key informants across 20 regions of Ukraine and the capital city, monitoring the recorded presence of IDPs at municipality level through regular baseline assessments.
Furthermore, IOM has conducted a number of studies in neighbouring to Ukraine countries: Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia to survey the needs and intentions of those fleeing from the war and those crossing back to Ukraine. In addition to this, IOM has enlarged the scope of the DTM tool to assess the situation concerning Ukrainian refugees and Third-Country Nationals (TCNs) that continued their onwards journey and reached further destinations in Europe: Czechia, the Baltics, Western Balkans as well as Belgium, Germany, and France.
Through IOM’s assessments, governments and the humanitarian community are able to quickly identify the needs, movements, and intentions of affected persons and to further consolidate humanitarian interventions in support of the internally displaced populations in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian refugees and TCNs fleeing from war to other countries in Europe.
Countries in this response
- Active DTM operation
- Past DTM operation
Reports
To support partners in providing targeted, evidence-based assistance to the most vulnerable among those who have returned to their areas of habitual residence following a period of forced displacement, DTM Ukraine presents the third
From 24 February to 31 December 2022, nearly 32,000 Ukrainians entered Albania, of which nearly 29,000 left the country. As of end December 2022, about 2,500 Ukrainians who have fled the war in Ukraine were estimated to be present in Albania.1 Between 7
Începând cu 24 februarie 2022, ucrainenii și resortisanții țărilor terțe au plecat din Ucraina în țările vecine ca urmare a războiului din Ucraina.
Повномасштабне вторгнення Російської Федерації в Україну, яке розпочалася 24 лютого 2022 року, спричинило безпрецедентну гуманітарну кризу, що охопила всі області країни.
From 24 February to 26 October 2022, over 77,000 Ukrainians entered the Western Balkans following the outbreak of the armed conflict in Ukraine. Montenegro is host to the most displaced Ukrainians in the Western Balkans with estimated around 6,500 of Ukrainian nationals in the country.
The Registered IDP Area Baseline Assessment provides granular data on the number and geographic location of officially registered internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Between 16 and 23 January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted the twelfth round of a rapid representative assessment of the general population in Ukraine to gather insights into internal displacement and mobility flows, and to assess local needs.
С февраля 2022 года число беженцев из Украины и граждан третьих стран, въехавших в Беларусь продолжало расти.
Since February 2022, an increasing number of refugees from Ukraine and Third Country Nationals (TCNs) entered Belarus. As of 16th of December 2022, the Belarusian State Border Committee has reported 70,935 arrivals from Ukraine since 24 February 2022.
A total of 8.19 million crossings from Ukraine to Poland were recorded at border crossing points (BCPs) since 24 February 2022 according to Polish Border Guard data from 13 December.
The IDP Area Baseline assessment provides granular data on the number and geographic location of officially registered internally displaced persons (IDPs). Data collection for the Area Baseline assessment Round 19 took place between 12 and 25 December across 22 oblasts and Kyiv city.
