Assessment Report

Following the release of the first edition of PROGRESS 2023 report, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has compiled a series of National Displacement Profiles based on end of year 2023 figures. These profiles offer insights into the latest end-of-year 2023 figures, aligning with the objectives outlined by the Data for Solutions to Internal Displacement Taskforce (DSID).

The profile provides a comprehensive overview of the demographic breakdowns and geographical distribution of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria as of the end of 2023. It delves into the primary areas of origin and displacement for IDPs, shedding light on the factors influencing their decision-making processes regarding the selection of solutions locations. Additionally, the report discusses the obstacles encountered by IDPs in their pursuit of durable solutions.

This compilation underscores the critical role of data in addressing internal displacement challenges and highlights the ongoing efforts to leverage data-driven solutions through collaborative initiatives like DSID.

Pathways for regular migration are an essential component of Ukraine’s recovery, addressing labour shortages and demographic challenges. The demographic and economic strategies under development by the Government of Ukraine identify the need to attract Ukrainians living abroad back to Ukraine, support women to enter the labour market, and support IDPs to adapt to the labour market demands in their area of displacement.

This brief provides an evidence base for the development of migration policies and interventions, providing data-driven insights on perceptions of - and challenges to - labour immigration among the general population. This brief looks at the experience of Ukrainians with migrants prior to the full-scale invasion, how the general population perceives the arrival of migrant workers in the coming years; and identifies potential barriers to integration or sources of tensions, which require a comprehensive response to facilitate safe migration and social cohesion.

Following the release of the first edition of PROGRESS 2023 report, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) compiled a series of National Displacement Profiles based on end of year 2023 figures. These profiles offer insights into the latest end-of-year 2023 figures, aligning with the objectives outlined by the Data for Solutions to Internal Displacement Taskforce (DSID).

This profile is a mid-year update of the displacement figures in Central African Republic to provide a comprehensive overview of the demographic breakdowns and geographical distribution of internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of May 2024. It delves into the primary areas of origin and displacement for IDPs, shedding light on the factors influencing their decision-making processes regarding the selection of solutions locations. Additionally, the report discusses the obstacles encountered by IDPs in their pursuit of durable solutions.

This compilation underscores the critical role of data in addressing internal displacement challenges and highlights the ongoing efforts to leverage data-driven solutions through collaborative initiatives like DSID.

The Sudan Mobility Overview provides an in-depth analysis of displacement and mobility in Sudan between 01 May - 03 July 2024. This bi-monthly report summarizes displacement pathways, movement intentions, and humanitarian needs of IDPs in Sudan. 

DTM Sudan relies on a network of 470 enumerators and 6,381 key informants to collect data from 8,620 locations across all 18 states in Sudan. 

Displacement Figures

• DTM Sudan estimates that 10,594,576 individuals (2,129,632 households) are internally displaced in Sudan, as of 03 July 2024.
• An estimated 7,794,480 individuals were displaced since 15 April 2023. 
• An estimated 2,238,671 individuals crossed borders into neighbouring countries since 15 April 2023. 
• 27% of IDPs who were initially displaced prior to the onset of conflict on 15 April 2023 were displaced again after 15 April 2023. 
• 55% of IDPs were children under the age of 18-years-old. 

Highlights

• Approximately 50 per cent of IDPs were hosted across the Darfur states, with nearly 17 per cent of all IDPs hosted in South Darfur alone. 
• Over a third (35%) of all IDPs were displaced from Khartoum state. 
• Food remained the highest reported need among displaced households: over 97 per cent of IDPs across Sudan were hosted in localities with high levels of acute food insecurity or worse (IPC Level 3+). Food was reportedly unaffordable for an estimated 89 per cent of displaced households. 
• Over 20 per cent of the population in Sudan was displaced, either internally or across borders, since 15 April 2023. 
• Sudan hosts approximately 14 per cent of all IDPs worldwide, and approximately 1 in 7 IDPs worldwide are Sudanese.

This report presents evidence on persons crossing back to Ukraine from abroad distinguishing between those who aim to remain in the country for longer periods and those who plan to pay a short visit. Individuals planning to spend 0 to 30 days in Ukraine are categorized as “short-term visitors,” while those intending to stay longer than one month are identified as “prospective returnees.” The analysis is based on 4,938 surveys collected by DTM between January and March 2024 with adult individuals travelling to Ukraine from the neighbouring countries.

Key Findings:

• Among 4,903 Ukrainians, 92% were women and 8% were men.
• 25% of respondents were prospective returnees, 56% were short-term visitors and 19% were undecided.
• 56% stayed in neighbouring countries prior to crossing back
• Top reasons to cross back included: Meeting family members (53%), receiving medical care (2£%), returning after visiting someone abroad (18%), obtain/renew documents (13%), and reunite with family members (10%).
• 62% of respondents received aid while abroad.
• Top 5 needs included: Financial support (41%), personal safety and security (30%), health services (24%), medicines (19%) and employment (11%).
• For Third Country Nationals (TCNs), 89% left Ukraine because of the war and 83% resided in Ukraine for more than 5 years prior to displacement.

IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix collected data through Surveys with Refugees in the Ukraine Response region from January to March 2024 in nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Czechia,¹ Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,² Romania, Republic of Moldova, and Slovakia.³

This report presents the findings of surveys with adult Ukrainian citizens related to their housing conditions, highlighting trends in their accommodation needs and intentions, available housing options, along with the key challenges they may encounter during displacement. The analysis focuses on respondents who answered questions on housing conditions and needs in their respective host countries, and who intend to remain in the country where the survey took place for the foreseeable future.

Key Findings:

• Among, 5,223 Ukrainian respondents, 84% were women and16% were men.
• 83% of respondents were in private housing whilst 17% were in collective housing.
• 53% of respondents found accommodation without any support, 34% used support from family and friends, 6% from NGOs, 4% from governments, 2% from IOM and 1% from their employers.
• In terms of funding accommodation, 33% of respondents’ housing was subsidised whilst 67% were in self-paid housing.
• 15% consider a lack of long-term housing as a barrier to inclusion.

^1. In Q1 2024, IOM Czechia focused their data collection efforts on gaining insight into the needs and intentions of refugees from Ukraine above the age of 60 years old. This also includes information on housing. Given the limited scope of their survey sample, Czechia is not included in this report. For information on the housing situation of older refugees in Czechia, see Czechia — Older Refugees from Ukraine: Assessing and supporting their needs (February - March 2024).
^2. IOM Poland launched its Integration Survey in March 2023 to assess the progress and needs relating to the economic and social integration of refugees from Ukraine in Poland, including their housing needs and conditions. The relevant variables have been taken from IOM Poland’s Integration Survey for the purpose of this analysis.
^3. In Slovakia, in collaboration with the DTM team at the Regional Office in Vienna and the Integration and Migrant Training Unit (IMT/LHM at IOM HQ), IOM piloted the Migrant Integration and Needs Assessment Survey (MINAS) in 2024. The relevant variables have been taken from the MINAS survey for the purpose of this analysis

As a result of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, more than two million housing units were damaged or destroyed. This economic strain, combined with widespread protracted displacement both inside and outside the country has left millions in need of support to access and afford housing.
 

Utilising data from the IOM General Population Survey (GPS), the report aims to support evidence-based programming, policy-making, advocacy, and further research. The report examines the housing situation across Ukraine, focusing on living conditions, the cost of rent and utilities bills as a proportion of household income, as well as shelter-related mobility factors. Key research questions guiding this analysis include understanding where and for whom cash-for-rent (C4R) programming is most needed. The report also outlines the causes and locations of heightened reliance on shelter-related coping strategies, particularly whether inability to access affordable housing is driving mobility dynamics and influencing intentions. Future thematic reports will explore how these shelter-related coping strategies may exacerbate vulnerability and displacement dynamics in winter months.

L'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), en particulier le Nord-Kivu, est en proie à un conflit complexe et persistant. Ce conflit est caractérisé par la présence de différents groupes armés tels que le groupe armé M23, les Forces armées congolaises (FARDC) et leurs alliés respectifs, y compris les forces régionales de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe, avec l'utilisation de munitions lourdes causant des dommages importants et des pertes en vies humaines dans les zones de déplacement du Nord et du Sud-Kivu.

Depuis le début du mois de juin 2024, le conflit s'est intensifié simultanément dans plusieurs villages des territoires déjà sous tension, dont le territoire de Lubero, qui est devenu le quatrième territoire du Nord-Kivu à être touché par la crise du M23, après les territoires de Rutshuru, Nyiragongo et Masisi. Ces affrontements, qui ont duré plusieurs jours, ont entraîné l'occupation par le groupe armé M23 de plusieurs villages et villes importants, notamment Kanyabayonga, Miriki, Luofu Kayna et Kirumba, ainsi que d'autres villages du territoire de Lubero.

Cette situation a entraîné d'importants déplacements de civils à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de la province du Nord-Kivu. L'extension de la crise du M23 dans les territoires de Lubero et de Masisi au Nord-Kivu a accentué et aggravé la situation humanitaire des personnes déplacées, mais a également créé de nouvelles vagues de déplacement de la population vers des villages considérés comme stables au Sud-Kivu. La ville de Goma et les zones adjacentes aux territoires contrôlés par le M23 au Nord et au Sud-Kivu, accueillent un grand nombre de personnes déplacées et manquent de ressources pour les soutenir suffisamment.

Depuis le 4 juillet 2024, le gouvernement des États-Unis a annoncé une trêve humanitaire de deux semaines, à compter du 5 juillet 2024, pour permettre une désescalade des tensions au Nord et au Sud-Kivu, la reprise des pourparlers en vue d'un règlement pacifique du conflit, et pour aider la population civile à accéder à une assistance humanitaire cruciale dans les zones de déplacement.

Depuis le début de la crise, l'OIM, par le biais de la Matrice de suivi des déplacements (DTM), continue de mener une série d'évaluations rapides, y compris le suivi des situations d'urgence (EET/ERM), l'analyse des crises et l'enregistrement, avec pour priorité de répondre aux besoins d'information immédiats afin de comprendre la dynamique et les besoins des déplacements.

Ce rapport présente les résultats des évaluations menées dans les différentes zones de déplacement et de retour du 1 juin au 5 juillet 2024. Il couvre les déplacements et les retours liés à la crise M23.

Following the armed conflict in Sudan in April 2023, thousands of people were forced to leave the country and take refuge in Chad, mainly in the east. These Chadian nationals, who ahd been living in SUdan for many years, were registered by IOM in 41 displacement sites in the Sila and Ouaddaï provinces. The majority (61%) of the displacement sites are in the Adré sub-prefecture, and make up 55% of the total returnee population in the two provinces. 

The aim of the assessment is to measure the profiles, vulnerabilities and needs of the populatiosn displaced by this crisis, in order to better orient pprogramming of durable solutions for the displaced population.

Data was collected through itnerviews with key informants (local authorities, village chiefs, IDP representatives and site managers) in villages and IDP reception sites, as well as through direct observations in these localities. 

This dashboard preents the results of assessments carried out from 03 Janaury to 08 February 2024, in 41 locations acorss the Ouaddaï and Sila proinces.  

Migratory flows from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereinafter, Venezuela) into Trinidad and Tobago have shown unprecedented increases since 2018. In 2019, the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) initiated a Venezuelan Migrant Registration Framework (MRF), with subsequent re-registration exercises in 2021 and 2023. There was a total of 16, 523 registrants, which effectively legitimized their status and facilitated their access to legal employment opportunities. In that same year, the GORTT also instituted visa requirements for Venezuelan nationals to enter or transit Trinidad and Tobago.

Four years later, reports suggest an estimated total of 38,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants will reside in Trinidad and Tobago by the end of 2023.1 Accordingly, geographic proximity and evolving political and socio-economic realities continue to motivate migration flows to Trinidad and Tobago. Notwithstanding, local authorities and past Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) reports have confirmed increased irregular entries.

Given these dynamics, the 2023 DTM maintains the timely and consistent annual opportunity to explore the variable situation of Venezuelan nationals as they attempt to address their socio-economic vulnerabilities and explore sustainable livelihoods within Trinidad and Tobago. The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM’s) DTM is a system to track and monitor displacement and population mobility. It is designed to capture, process, and disseminate critical multi-layered information on the movement, challenges, and needs of displaced and mobile populations, regularly and systematically. Hence, the DTM affords decision-makers and responders evidence-based insights to guide specific interventions to targeted vulnerable populations.

In this 2023 DTM edition, a total of 1,395 Venezuelan nationals were surveyed, between November and December 2023. The areas with the highest number of respondents were Chaguanas, Tunapuna/Piarco, and Penal/Debe.