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Somalia

East and the Horn of Africa

IDPs tracked

Displacement Movements

3,862,000

IDMC 2023

Data collection round

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About Somalia

IOM Somalia Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) aims to collect, analysis and disseminate information on displacement. DTM is IOM’s information management system to track and monitor numbers, locations, movements, needs and vulnerabilities of displaced people. The data outputs, including reports, maps, datasets and online interactive resources, support responses in humanitarian crisis, evidence-based decision making, durable solutions programming and migration research. DTM Somalia was first launch in 2016.

Since the collapse of the Somali central government in 1991, Somalia has suffered a highly complex protracted conflict characterized by changing political dynamics and power shifts. Forced displacement remains an ongoing reality for people living in Somalia due to conflict, environmental hardships, combined with inadequate resource distribution that is often exacerbated by clan-based, ideological differences and land and natural resource competition. Natural hazards, including drought and flooding, combined with widespread security threats have caused one of the world’s largest displacement crises, with 3.8 million IDPs recorded at the end of 2022. Somalia also has a strategic geographical position on the eastern route, which connects the Horn of Africa to the Gulf countries, representing one of the most dangerous and frequented migration corridors in the world.

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Mobility Impact due to COVID-19 in Somalia

The content presented on this portal is for informative purposes only. All information is being constantly validated including geo-location and attributes. As the situation is changing rapidly, we aren’t able to ensure up to date accuracy of some of the information, while it is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of uploading. The scale of the data operation also doesn’t enable us yet to ensure that there aren’t some errors. The timeliness of these updates depends on the timeframe within which the information becomes available and is processed by IOM. We encourage anybody with more accurate/updated information to contact DTM Covid-19 Coordination Team at: dtmcovid19@iom.int. For more check the Terms & Conditions Sections.

The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions, restrictions and blockages. To better understand how COVID-19 affects global mobility, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been working to map the impacts on human mobility, at Global, Regional and Country level. Subsequently, the IOM have initiated the following activities:

COVID-19 Travel Restriction Monitoring - Using secondary data sources, such as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), media reports and information direct from IOM missions, this platform maps and analyzes the various country, territories and areas imposing restrictions, and those with restrictions being imposed upon them, all categorized by restriction type. All analyses is presented at country level.

COVID-19 Country Points of Entry (PoE) Status Baseline Assessment – Using direct input from IOM missions, this dashboard displays daily updated mobility restrictions at location level (airport, land border points, blue border points, internal transit points). For each point of entry, data is collected on: type of restriction, measured applied & timeframe, population category that might be affected from the measures. This data is displayed in the Point of Entry layers on this map.

Information on COVID-19 cases is created and maintained by World Health Organization (WHO)

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* Information on COVID-19 cases is created and maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO)

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Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 43 — Gedo region — (Dec 24 — Dec 29, 2022)

There are 302,010 individuals currenlty displaced by drought in Gedo region.

Jan 03 2023

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 43 — Gedo…

Understanding the key drivers of displacement in Somalia, during the 2021/22 drought

In 2022, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) commissioned a research study through GIST to explore the key drivers of disp

Dec 30 2022

Understanding the key drivers of displacement in S…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 42 — Gedo region — (Dec 17 — Dec 21, 2022)

Since November 2021, 319,325 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region

Dec 28 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 42 — Gedo…

Relationships in Transit: Local communities’ interactions with transiting migrants along the Eastern Route in Djibouti and the Somaliland region

This study, based on a collaboration between the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) examines the dynamics between local communities and migrants, most of whom are Ethiopians,

Dec 22 2022

Relationships in Transit: Local communities’ inter…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 41 — Gedo region — (Dec 10 — Dec 14, 2022)

Since November 2021, 353,883 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region

Dec 20 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 41 — Gedo…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 40 — Gedo region — (Dec 03 — Dec 07, 2022)

Since November 2021, 358,002 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region

Dec 15 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 40 — Gedo…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 39 — Gedo region — (Nov 26 — Nov 30, 2022)

Since November 2021, 347,647 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region

Dec 13 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 39 — Gedo…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 38 — Gedo region — (Nov 19 — Nov 23, 2022)

Since November 2021, 343,649 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region

Dec 04 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 38 — Gedo…

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 37 — Gedo region — (Nov 12 — Nov 16, 2022)

Since November 2021, 335,530 individuals have been displaced by drought in Gedo region.

Nov 23 2022

Somalia — Emergency Trend Tracking Round 37 — Gedo…

Somalia — Border Point Flow Monitoring — (15 - 31 October 2022)

A total of 13,007 movements were observed between the 15th and 31st of October, 2022, representing a similar trend to 2021 when 14,207 movements were observed during the same period. Regional differences were observed.