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🔊 We're glad to announce that our June 2024 Newsletter is now out! Find the latest issue here: https://lnkd.in/eUYyHwcv 🔊 To receive latest trends and updates on migration and displacement across East and Horn of Africa: bit.ly/rdhdtm-mail

IOM - UN Migration’s Global Data Institute and the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University have released a series of Focus Group Discussion Reports as part of the PROGRESS initiative. The third is from Yemen. Navigating the Effects of Displacement: Yemen Insights from Host Community, Internally Displaced and Returnee Populations Following the publication of the first edition of PROGRESS 2023, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted focus group discussions to better understand the effects of displacement and progress towards durable solutions from the perspectives of displaced individuals. This report from the Yemen country team presents a deeper country-specific dive into the findings of the qualitative analysis of 25 focus group discussions conducted between 1 and 15 August 2023, mainly in Ma’rib City and Harib, with 281 representatives of IDPs, host communities, and returnees. Just under one-third (32%) of the respondents were female. Regarding support, the top-mentioned needs include jobs and training—housing and repair. According to one participant, ‘The majority of us want the conflict to end and peace, security and safety prevail in the homeland, and for us to live a decent life in our homeland and among our families and loved ones, and for livelihoods, job opportunities and all services to be available in all fields.’- Male Returnee, Focus Group Participant, Yemen, August 2023. The PROGRESS initiative, including the upcoming 2024 edition, supports the urgent need to accelerate coordinated action to find solutions to prolonged internal displacement. PROGRESS amplifies the experiences of the internally displaced, returnees, and host communities through analyses and posing new questions, facilitating data for action. https://lnkd.in/gSv9XPJt #Data4Action #PROGRESS #VoicesOfCommunities IOM Yemen

#Didyouknow that internally displaced persons can be uprooted from their homes and move within their countries because of conflict, violence, or disaster? Learn more facts about IDPs: : https://iom.int/ZwU

📣 Data is vital for educators, students, and youth activists. As a data actor, Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) engages with youth to encourage critical reflection on public narratives around displacement and migration. We aim to increase the capacity to interpret and use displacement and migration data to support innovation from young leaders. Through a multifaceted approach, DTM looks to increase the impact and use of IOM’s data and empower youth. This engagement has three pillars: academic partnerships, data events and workshops, and student research projects. In line with these modalities, we have set up a youth engagement webpage that serves as a repository to document the outputs produced through these collaborations. The results showcase insightful and powerful pieces that keep you connected and informed. ➡ Take a look https://lnkd.in/g6qN9yDK IOM Regional Data Hub (EHoA), Snowflake, SOAS University of London, UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) #Data4Action #Data4Insight #Data4Foresight

While the number of people globally has increased rapidly over time – reaching 8.2 billion in 2024 – the share of international migrants has remained relatively stable and stood at 3.6% in 2020. Explore #WMR2024 interactive for long-term migration trends ➡https://shorturl.at/57pt9 #worldpopulationday #migration 

Migrant workers who send remittances are everyday heroes, sending their earnings to support their families back home.      Their hard-earned money helps improve living conditions, fund education, and stimulate local economies, making a profound impact on their communities. 🌍   Here are things you need to know about remittances according to the most recent data from the World Bank.   To learn more, visit Migration Data Portal: https://lnkd.in/eEmHy-ps #Remittances #Data4Insights

The Horn of Africa and Yemen is one of the busiest and riskiest #migration corridors in the world. The majority of migrants travel in an irregular manner, often relying on smugglers to facilitate movement along the Eastern Corridor. Our monthly report provides migratory updates and protection concerns through #Ethiopia, #Djibouti, #Somalia and #Yemen.     📢 May 2024 key facts include:  - For the first time since January 2024 (210), almost 200 migrants arrived in Yemen from Djibouti, a point of departure that has seen greatly reduced flows since the start of the joint military campaign targeting the coastline of Lahj aimed at impeding migrant arrivals.  - Movements tracked in Obock travelling towards the Arabian Peninsula due to conflict, violence or persecution almost tripled between April (456) and May (1,266).  - Return movements to Obock and Tadjourah from Yemen +97%, underscoring the significant challenges that migrants face in Yemen and the desperate circumstances that lead them to take the risky journey back to the Horn of Africa.  - The highest number of forced returns from #SaudiArabia to Ethiopia in a single month (21,293) since July 2021 (31,911). 📑https://bit.ly/3VXxyks

The total number of people forcibly displaced – both within countries and across borders – as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order almost doubled over the past decade. 📈The number of forcibly displaced people has almost doubled in the past decade, soaring from 59.5 million in 2014 to a record 117.3 million by the end of 2023, which equates to 1 in 69 people globally. 🚨This staggering rise shows no signs of slowing down.   🔴Disturbingly, 40% of these individuals are children. As of April 2024, forced displacement is estimated to have surpassed 120 million. Learn more on Forced Migration or Displacement on the Migration Data Portal 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gfh2UAUk

#MigrationEurope Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), part of the Global Data Institute at IOM - UN Migration, has released its regional report presenting the main findings of Flow Monitoring Surveys conducted in Greece, Italy, and Spain in 2023. Flow Monitoring Surveys provide a snapshot of migrants’ experiences. This report comprehensively analyses the journeys, vulnerabilities, and needs of 4,020 migrants, including asylum seekers who crossed the Atlantic or Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe. It also highlights the main protection challenges and risks they faced before, during, and after their journeys, as well as their most immediate needs in terms of assistance in the country of the survey. A few highlights: • Spain (33%), Italy (24%), France (12%), Germany (8%) and Greece (7%) are the top 5 countries of intended final destinations, with differences by route and nationalities. • About 56 per cent experienced at least one of the eight types of abuse, exploitation and violence incidents included in the questionnaire – unpaid work, forced to work, offered marriage, held against will, physical violence, forced to travel, lied to travel, and access to identity documents. • The main declared nationalities are Morocco (15%), Senegal (9%), Algeria (7%), Côte d’Ivoire (6%) and Mali (6%), with about another 50 smaller groups comprising 59 per cent of the total. ➡ For more https://lnkd.in/gCmjpEb9 IOM RO Vienna, IOM Regional Office in Brussels, Laura Bartolini #Data4Action