Since 25 August 2017, more than half a million Rohingya have fled conflict in Myanmar across the border to Bangladesh. The majority have settled in makeshift settlements and spontaneous sites, in self-built shelters established primarily with bamboo and tarpaulin bought upon arrival. The speed and scale of displacement, continued movement of people within the area, […]
Over 1.4 million people have been displaced in Borno State, in north-eastern Nigeria, since attacks by armed groups intensified in May 2013. In a highly dynamic context characterised by severe restrictions on access, and amidst limited evidence available to humanitarian partners for aid planning and delivery, there is a need to understand if and where […]
For the past two years, the Diffa region in south-east Niger has been affected by recurrent attacks by armed groups. Despite the efforts made to stabilise the security situation in Diffa and the broader Lake Chad region, these attacks continue to cause large displacement and negatively impact on the security, socio-political and economic situation in […]
Between 17 September and 6 October 2017, fighting between rival armed groups in the Libyan city of Sabratha led to the rapid displacement of 2,350 local households and several thousand migrants to surrounding cities and towns, according to figures from IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). Although active hostilities have subsided and many internally displaced persons […]
