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IOM works with national and local authorities in order to gain a better understanding of population movements throughout Southern Africa. Through the setup of Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs), IOM seeks to quantify migration flows, trends and routes and to gain a better understanding of the profiles of observed individuals at entry, transit or exit points (such as border crossing posts, bus stations, rest areas, police checkpoints and reception centres). This report is an overview of the data collected in these FMPs from 1 to 30 September 2023.

Inter-regional migration from and within the Southern Africa is categorized along the following corridors. The Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) were set-up in several key transit locations along the corridors to track the movements of passengers:

• Zimbabwe (Mutare) – Mozambique (Manica)
• Zimbabwe (Chirundu) – Zambia
• Zimbabwe – Botswana (Plumtree)
• Zimbabwe – South Africa (Beitbridge)
• Malawi (Mchinji) – Zambia (Mwami)
• Malawi (Karonga) – United Republic of Tanzania
• Malawi (Mwanza) – Mozambique (Zobue)
• Mozambique (Ressano Garcia) – South Africa
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasumbalesa) – Zambia

Over the reporting period a total of 67,033 movements were observed across 38 FMPs in the region. The Zimbabwe – South Africa (Beitbridge) corridor hosted the largest number of movements with 39,187 (58%), followed by the Malawi (Mwanza) – Mozambique (Zobue) corridor with 8,092 (12%) and the Zimbabwe (Chirundu) – Zambia corridor with 6,161 (9%) movements reported.

In response to the Somalia’s severe drought beginning in November 2021, DTM Somalia launched an Emergency Trends Tracking (ETT) tool first in Gedo and Bay regions in 2022, and subsequently in Hiraan, Banadir and Middle Shabelle regions in 2023 to monitor drought related displacement trends and hotspots in support of operational planning. However, during the first half of 2023, conflict and flooding displacements have been significant. Therefore, DTM restructured its ETT tool to capture multi-shock displacements (drought, flood, conflict and other) from October 2023.

ETT is a crisis-based tool that tracks sudden displacement triggered by specific events or emerging crises. The objective of ETT is to help prioritize humanitarian response and to enable partners to deliver rapid assistance.

Інформаційний бюлетень з оцінки умов повернення містить огляд даних про умови та сталість повернень в Україні, отриманих у рамках 4-го раунду Оцінки умов повернення (CoRA), який проводився в липні та серпні 2023 року в 70 громадах у 20 областях з використанням методології багатосекторальної оцінки на місцевому рівні (MSLA), проведеної за участю ключових інформантів з місцевих органів влади в районах повернення по всій Україні. 

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Pakistan collects data on the outflows of Afghans at the Torkham and Chaman border crossing points to better understand the movements of Afghans returning to Afghanistan. Between 16 and 31 October 2023, 108,782 Afghan nationals spontaneously returned to Afghanistan, including 85,076 through the Torkham border point and 23,706 through the Chaman border point. In addition, border authorities forcibly returned 345 individuals due to a lack of valid documentation. Cumulatively, since 1 January 2023, IOM identified 230,567 Afghan returnees at the two border crossings, excluding those forcibly returned.

La DTM a identifié 91 personnes affectées dont 91 personnes déplacées par les vents violents dans les provinces de Rumonge.

On 1st November 2023, insecurity related violences erupted in the neighborhood of Mariani Ouest located in the municipality of Carrefour (West District). In addition to loss of life, these attacks have also caused the displacement of approximatively 2,487 individuals (507 households), most of whom headed towards the municipality of Gressier, precisely in the 1st Section Morne à Bateau. All the displaced people took refuge with host families.

In response to the Somalia’s severe drought beginning in November 2021, DTM Somalia launched an Emergency Trends Tracking (ETT) tool first in Gedo and Bay regions in 2022, and subsequently in Hiraan, Banadir and Middle Shabelle regions in 2023 to monitor drought related displacement trends and hotspots in support of operational planning. However, during the first half of 2023, conflict and flooding displacements have been significant. Therefore, DTM restructured its ETT tool to capture multi-shock displacements (drought, flood, conflict and other) from October 2023.

ETT is a crisis-based tool that tracks sudden displacement triggered by specific events or emerging crises. The objective of ETT is to help prioritize humanitarian response and to enable partners to deliver rapid assistance.

La DTM a identifié 4,926 personnes affectées dont 1,493 personnes déplacées par les vents violents et des pluies torrentielles dans les provinces de Mwaro, Kirundo, Bujumbura Mairie, Bururi, Cankuzo et Makamba.

This infographic presents the key findings of Round 48 of the mobility tracking component of the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme in Libya.

La DTM a identifié 613 personnes affectées dont 183 personnes déplacées par les vents violents et des pluies torrentielles dans les provinces de Mwaro, Kirundo, Bujumbura Mairie, Bururi, Cankuzo et Makamba.