Situation Report

IOM Yemen DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of origin or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, geography, and needs. It also tracks returnees who returned to their location of origin.

From 1 January to 11 May 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 1,233 households (HH) (7,398 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 5 and 11 May 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 47 households (282 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:

• Ma’rib (28 HHs) – Ma’rib City (14 HHs), Ma’rib (13 HHs), Harib (1 HH) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Ta’iz and Al Hodeidah.
• Al Hodeidah (16 HHs) – Al Khukhah (13 HHs), Hays (3 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate were internal.
• Ad Dali (2 HHs) – Qatabah (2 HHs) district. All displacements in the governorate were internal.

The majority of people moved from the following governorates and districts:

• Al Hodeidah (18 HH) – At Tuhayta (8 HHs), Bayt Al Faqih (6 HHs), Bajil (2 HHs) districts.
• Ta’iz (13 HH) – Maqbanah (4 HHs), Ash Shamayatayn (3 HHs), Hayfan (3 HHs) districts.
• Hajjah (4 HH) – Hajjah City (2 HHs), Harad (1 HH), Al Jamimah (1 HH) districts.

IOM identified 27 additional households displaced in the previous reporting period, which covered 28 April - 04 May 2024, in the governorates of Al Hodeidah (15 HHs), Ma’rib (11 HH), and Ta’iz (1 HH). These figures have been added to the cumulative displacement total recorded since the beginning of the year.

En el último trimestre del 2023, en la ciudad de Desaguadero (Puno), localizada en la zona fronteriza con Bolivia (al sureste del Perú), el Ministerio del Interior (Mininter) en coordinación con la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Municipalidad Distrital de Desaguadero reforzaron acciones para combatir la trata de personas a través de la instalación de la Red Distrital contra la Trata de Personas y Tráfico Ilícito de Migrantes de Desaguadero (octubre, 2023).

A nivel migratorio, el 10 de noviembre y luego de seis meses de proceso de regularización, culminó el plazo para que las personas extranjeras en situación migratoria irregular puedan acceder y tramitar el permiso temporal de permanencia (CPP) (Superintendencia Nacional de Migraciones, 2023). En esa línea, la Policía Nacional del Perú ha continuado con los operativos de control de identidad en los diversos terminales de buses.

The quarterly report is developed by combining secondary data obtained from different sources, including government agencies, international organizations, non-profit entities, and other types of organizations. More specifically, the report on the fourth quarter of 2023 was derived from data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bureau of National Statistics, and Border Service of Kazakhstan. The data was compiled through a combination of published sources and direct requests to the partners and government agencies.

Over two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the humanitarian situation, especially near the frontline, has grown increasingly complex. In response, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data and Analytics unit has developed a frontline monitoring system to track mobility and critical needs of civilians in heavily conflict-affected areas. This system integrates three key components: the Mobility and Needs Assessments (MaNA), frontline settlement monitoring, and evacuation tracking. MaNA provides information about the estimated population disaggregated by sex and age at the hromada level and the estimated proportion of this population facing acute humanitarian needs. Frontline settlement monitoring provides granular baseline population estimates, as well as primary humanitarian needs in selected settlements within 25 km from the frontline to support scenario-planning and prepositioning of humanitarian assistance. In addition, IOM continuously monitors evacuations to provide humanitarian partners with data on the direction and scale of movements from selected settlements undergoing evacuation. Each component aims to support the coordination of effective humanitarian response, ensuring the safety and well-being of affected frontline populations.

• Overall exit movements from Ethiopia increased by 18% in the last month, marking the highest number of movements tracked since 2018, and an increase of 1% compared with the previous highest figure reported in December 2023 (18,119).

• The number of movements leaving Ethiopia due to conflict, violence or persecution multiplied more than eightfold between February (84) and March (731), which may be attributed to clashes between the Fano militia and government forces. In fact, all movements tracked due to conflict, violence or persecution departed the Amhara region, from where one in ten was looking for safety.

• Returns to Obock and Tadjourah decreased by 32% in the last month. This may be linked with the period of Ramadan, where the number of patrolling authorities in Yemen decreases and crackdowns on movements toward Saudi Arabia generally easen.

• The number of women (+9%) and children (+72%) tracked in Bossaso increased by more than a quarter (+27%). This increase was acute in girls, which more than doubled (+166%, from 121 to 322), while the number of boys increased by 44% (from 397 to 570).

• More than 400 migrants (385 Ethiopian, 25 Yemeni, and 1 Somali) were deported from Oman to Yemen, while in Ta’iz Governorate, a truck heading towards the north of the country that was smuggling 109 Ethiopian migrants was intercepted at a security checkpoint.

• Nearly 750,000 people have crossed into Chad since the onset of the crisis in Sudan. IOM estimates that more than 165,422 among them are Chadian returnees and expects this number to rise to 183,000 by the end of April 2024, due to ongoing conflict in Darfur and the current suspension of the humanitarian corridor between Adré and Darfur.
• IOM, as the lead agency for the returnee response, collaborates with a range of operational partners including the Government of Chad, UNHCR, OCHA, LWF, PUI, UNICEF, MSF, UNFPA, LMI, ICRC, IRC, ACTED, the Chadian Red Cross, HELP-Tchad, ATURAD, Concern Worldwide, COOPI, INTERSOS, and WFP.
• In coordination with CNARR and humanitarian organizations, IOM has registered 111,132 returnees and identified 365 third-country nationals (from South Sudan, Niger, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Uganda) in 43 localities in three provinces.
• Most of the returnees currently live in spontaneous locations near the border and are in urgent need of food, water, sanitation and hygiene, shelter, household items, health, and protection.
• IOM is developing the returnee communities of Tongori, Ouaddaï province, and Deguessa, Sila province which, with over 13,000 and 25,000 individuals respectively, are the two largest returnee sites in eastern Chad. IOM and partners offer shelter, NFI, WASH, MPCA, and Protection/MHPSS assistance in those two sites.
• IOM is coordinating with local authorities and diplomatic representations for the voluntary return to their home countries of third-country nationals (TCNs) from countries including Ethiopia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon previously living in Sudan and displaced to eastern Chad.

Between 17 April and 5 May 2024, sporadic attacks, and fear of attacks by Non-state Armed Groups in Ancuabe, Chiúre and Erati triggered the cumulative displacement of 54,415 individuals/13,131 families. The current Movement Alert #110 reports on most recent attacks in southern Cabo Delgado. For more information on displacements between February and March, please see {Emergency Tracking Online Dashboard}.

Ancuabe attack | 2,959 Individuals displaced (17 April - 5 May 2024): Within the reporting period, attacks, and the fear of attacks by Non-State Armed Groups in Ancuabe led to the displacement of 2,959 individuals.

Chiure attack | 51,012 Individuals displaced (17 April – 5 May 2024): Within the reporting period, attacks, and fear of attacks by Non-State Armed Groups in Chiúre led to the displacement of 51,012 individuals.

Erati attack | 49,031 Individuals displaced (17 April – 5 May 2024): Within the reporting period, attacks, and fear of attacks by Non-State Armed Groups in Erati led to the displacement of 444 individuals.

IOM Yemen DTM’s Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of origin or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, geography, and needs. It also tracks returnees who returned to their location of origin.

From 1 January to 4 May 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 1,159 households (HH) (6,954 Individuals) who experienced displacement at least once.

Between 28 April and 4 May 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 32 households (192 individuals) displaced at least once. The majority of people moved into/within the following governorates and districts:

• Ma’rib (25 HHs) – Ma’rib (13 HHs), Ma’rib City (10 HHs), Harib (2 HHs) districts. Most displacements in the governorate originated from Ta’iz and Ma’rib.
• Ta’iz (6 HHs) – Jabal Habashi (5 HHs), Salah (1 HH) districts. All displacements in the governorate were internal.
• Ad Dali (1 HH) – Ad Dali (1 HH) district. All displacements in the governorate were internal.

The majority of people moved from the following governorates and districts:

• Ta’iz (11 HH) – Al Maafer (5 HHs), Al Misrakh (4 HHs), Salah (1 HH) districts.
• Ma’rib (5 HH) – Harib (2 HHs), Jabal Murad (2 HHs), Rahabah (1 HH) districts.
• Dhamar (3 HH) – Otmah (2 HHs), Dawran Anis (1 HH) districts.

IOM identified 56 additional households displaced in the previous reporting period, which covered 21 - 27 April 2024, in the governorates of Al Hodeidah (29 HHs), Ta’iz (16 HHs), Ma’rib (9 HHs), and Ad Dali (2 HHs). These figures have been added to the cumulative displacement total recorded since the beginning of the year.

Between 25 - 28 April 2024, armed bandits attacked the communities of Gidan Sale in Isa South ward, Shalla Village in Turba ward and Katanga, Dan Adama, Baichi, Kunkurus and Satiru Village in Tozai ward of Isa Local Governement Area (LGA) in Sokoto State and the community of Kayaye Tungan Kado in Badarawa ward of Shinkafi LGA in Zamfara State. There were reports of 51 injuries and 19 fatalities. The attacks displaced 3,220 individuals in 626 households. Among the 3,220 individuals affected, 675 individuals were displaced from Shalla Village in Turba ward to Kubliya Islamiya School in Isa North ward, 748 individuals were displaced from Katanga, Dan Adama and Baichi in Tozai ward to Sarkin Gobir Primary School in Isa North ward, 925 individuals were displaced from Kunkurus and Satiru in Tozai ward to Women Centre in Isa North ward, 346 individuals were displaced from Gidan Saleh in Isa South ward of Isa LGA of Sokoto State to Gidan Gona IDP camp in Shinkafi South ward of Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara State and 526 individuals were displaced from Kayaye Tungan Kado in Badarawa ward of Shinkafi LGA to Gidan Gona IDP camp in Shinkafi South ward. The displaced individuals included 1,803 children, 882 women and 531 men. 

Between 17 April to 1st May 2024, sporadic attacks and fear of attacks by Non-state Armed Groups in Ancuabe, Chiúre and Erati triggered the cumulative displacement of 52,300 individuals/12,575 families. The current Movement Alert #109 reports on most recent attacks in southern Cabo Delgado. For more information on displacements between February and March, please see {Emergency Tracking Online Dashboard}.