Site Assessment

The Central African Republic (CAR), which has experienced continuous volatility for the past two decades, has been riddled by a crisis which ignited in 2012 with a violent takeover of power and has developed into a complex protracted state of permanent insecurity and fragility which has spilled over into neighbouring countries. The crisis is characterized by power struggles amongst elites, the absence of state institutions and public investment, religious and ethnic tensions and disputes for the control of key resources. More recently, the crisis in Sudan, which started in April 2023, is affecting the eastern part of the CAR witnessing arrivals of displaced populations. As of August 2023, 3,865,278 individuals were affected, including 514,547 internally displaced persons (13% of the displaced population), 2,063,885 returnees former IDPs (54%), 503,019 returnees from abroad (13%) and 783,827 refugees (20%). In the CAR, the largest displaced population consists of former IDP returnees. Refugees from the CAR are primarily hosted by Cameroon (352,938 individuals, or 45% of the refugees), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (211,274 individuals, or 27% of the refugees) and Chad (128,083 individuals, or 16% of the refugees). Nonetheless, 24,370 refugees from the Central African Republic are still living in Sudan (3% of the refugees). Since the beginning of the Sudan crisis, a total of 15,335 individuals have entered the CAR through the border in Am-Dafock. The country is home for refugees from neighbouring countries, hosting a total of 34,493 refugees coming from Sudan (24,017 individuals), the DRC (6,410 individuals), South Soudan (2,731 individuals) and Chad (1,335 individuals).

Returnees by LGA

This summary presents findings of the 19th round of Mobility Tracking Assessments (previously known as Baseline Assessments) conducted across Northern and Central Mozambique through key-informant assessments and group interviews at location level between July and August 2023. Mobility Tracking assessments estimate the presence of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees across Mozambique. IOM DTM mapped a total of 850,599 IDPs and 571,468 returnees in 325 locations. Overall increase on the number of IDPs and Returnees is attributable to the widened coverage. Comparing with previous assessments which covered only Northern Mozambique, the July-August 2023 assessment was widened to cover Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia provinces.

Detention Centre Profiling is a component of IOM Libya’s Displacement Matrix programme. It is a data oriented tool that routinely provides specific sex and age demographic data and key sectorial information on individuals held in Libya’s detention centres on the date of assessment.