CONFLICT-INDUCED INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT MONTHLY SITUATION MATRIX - BY REGION 1 29 FEBRUARY 2012 Region/ Current Humanitarian Assistance Response Gaps, challenges and other Needs Assessment and Conditions in Displacement Province caseload Provided outstanding issues Eastern – 14,559 fam  Two joint emergency assessments (UNHCR IP, IRC, WFP  IDP groups who are recommended  Access remains a key constraint Kunar, / 91,100 remote monitor and DoRR) were conducted for 36 newly in Jan/Feb for humanitarian especially to Nuristan. A new Laghman, ind 2 displaced families; 31 fam / 198 ind, from Bargi Matal, assistance in the form of remote monitor IP was selected Nangarhar & Nuristan into Surkhrod/Rodat districts, Nangarhar and 05 winterization package, NFIs, food and training conducted in order Nuristan fam / 25 ind, from Marawara into Lahordag Marawara, were supported based on to expand operational capacity provinces Kunar. In addition, NRC conducted 2-3 IDP assessments and assessment results. into Nuristan and Kunar. responded.  Paroon IDPs: After the looting of  Lack of female staff to join  Main reason of displacement is AGE threat/intimidation due UNHCR winterization items, remote monitoring teams. Most to their family members working with ANP in addition to the UNHCR SOJ is seeking alternatives of assessment sites are in deteriorating security situation due to on-going fighting. in order to reach out to this group. insecure locations thus it is very So far flight option (UNAMA) difficult to have female staff to  Among 2 cases assessed in Feb, only one case is turned out to be not a viable access women/girls and to considered to be in a poor economic condition without option at this stage. Local capture their open view in sustainable income for the majority of HHs and was procurement also appears to be regards to their protection recommended for humanitarian support in the form of difficult after remote monitors concerns and their particular winterization package, emergency shelter and food. conducted a quick market research needs. in Paroon. However, UNHCR SOJ is working with the partners to find a possible window of opportunity to assess/assist this caseload. Western – 22,293 fam  There was no official report about the movement of IDPs in  UNHCR SO Herat conducted a  UNHCR SO Herat has selected 2 Badghis, / 121,925 the WR in February. However, UNHCR SOH in cooperation needs assessments survey of 605 IPs to roll out the PMT Farah, Ghor, ind with other partners continued the assessment of IDPs in displaced families, which was (Population Movement Herat and Herat city which was started in Dec 11 /Jan 12. The initial previously reported by DoRRs. Tracking) in Ghor, Badghis and Nimroz findings indicate that most of the IDPs were displaced from Based on the assessment findings Farah provinces. It is believed Provinces the different districts of Ghor (Shahrak, Toulak, Taiwara and the families were provided with that UNHCR and other partners Saghar), Badghis (Murghab, Muqur and Qala Naw) and F/NFIs. will be able to move faster and Herat (Kushk-e-Kuhna, Kushk Rabat Sangi and Obeh) into will identify affected families Herat city as a result of insecurity, conflict between AGEs  906 IDP families in Herat city needs and requirement on the rd and government forces and the presence of Taliban in the received food ration for the 3 ground. However, this would st nd displaced families’ villages. It was also noticed that Herat phase. The 1 & 2 phases were take time in order to capacitate city/district is one the ideal place for IDPs to move in due to completed in Dec 11 /Jan 12. the IPs. job opportunities and better security. UNHCR SOH also provided NFIs to another group of IDPs (344 fam) in Herat and submitted food request to WFP for this caseload.

1 For all Trends in data and Protection Analysis, gaps and challenges please see monthly UNHCR Trends Documents for conflict-induced internally displaced 2 This figure is currently under verification to reflect the No. of families who have returned to their PoO, and increase among returnees in displacement and protracted IDPs North/N- 5,063 fam/  As a result of IDP profiling/PMT exercise during the  136 conflict induced IDP families in  Lack of access in some Eastern 30,764 ind reporting month, considerable changes have occurred in Dehdadi district, province, locations particularly Qaysar regions, N&NE IDP data. The whole IDP figures decreased from have received F/NFIs from UNHCR, district of Faryab and Saripul Badakhshan, 7,641 families to 5,063 families. Many groups reportedly NRC and WFP. province create problems to Baghlan, have returned spontaneously (3 groups of IDPs consisting of verify and profile displaced/ Balkh, 379 families who have returned spontaneously from  Except the IDP groups in Saripul returned families. Faryab, Toymast village of Qaisar, Pakhalsoz village of Gurziwan and province and some districts of Jawzjan, Pashtun of Faryab to Badghis, Ghor and within , the planned IDP Kunduz Pashtun Kot district of Faryab provinces) to their places of profiling/PMT exercise of IDPs in Samangan origin or found a solution to their problems which caused the N/NE regions was successfully Saripul & displacement. However, further verification is needed to completed. Takhar ensure that they have not been secondary displaced. provinces  A joint (UNHCR, DoRR and NRC) assessment conducted for  UNHCR and NRC provided them 11 IDP families/87 individuals who were displaced from with NFI assistance. Chaqmaq village of Pashtun Kot district to Mayman city of Faryab province due to insecurity and AGE intimidation. The families are currently living in rented houses.

 A second joint assessment (UNHCR, DoRR, IOM and NRC)  This group has not been assisted conducted for 91 families displaced from Charbolak district yet as they have provided to Mazar city of . During the initial contradictory information on the assessments in January (conducted by NRC, UNHCR and reasons of their displacement. The DoRR), drought, lack of job opportunities and poverty were agencies involved for the mentioned as the mean reasons of their displacement while assessment of this group and in the recent assessment they reported insecurity and Northern region IDP TF need to conflict as their displacement reasons. Although the security agree on their status before any situation is calm and AGEs have been cleared from their assistance is given. place of origin, the group is reluctant to return and is mostly willing to locally integrate due to better economic and job opportunities in Mazar city South- 1,444 fam/  UNHCR FOG and its monitoring IP (ACRU) in close  12 group interviews were  Due to insecurity, FOG does not Eastern, 6,808 ind coordination with DoRR completed the initial profiling of the completed with the current IDP have access to almost 95% of Khost, IDPs caseload in the SER. As a result, it was observed that a caseload. Findings of these the IDP locations. Paktika & total of 651 families (5,939 indiv.) decreased from the total interviews entered into the PMT. Paktya number reported in Dec 2011. The decrease in the number provinces of IDPs in the SER is mainly due to the fact that a number  On 09 Feb, IOM and IRC loaded of IDP families returned spontaneously to their places of and dispatched NFIs including origin or possibly some of them secondary displaced to winter kits for 107 IDP families who another area. FOG is planning to conduct household surveys have been displaced to Chamkany of the IDP families to find out the reason for and Dand a Patan districts of increase/decrease in the IDP figures. The actual survey will Paktya province in Jan. Distribution be started upon selection of the IP. of NFI kits was completed in Feb. Southern, 20,115  No displacement has been observed during Feb.  NFI assistance provided by IOM to  NTR Hilmand, fam/ 1,000 flood affected families in Kandahar, 154,721  According to local authorities in , some , of whom 100 NTR NTR Insecurity majorInsecurity remains a as challenge which a result doesSOK UNHCR not have inthe access areaswhere IDPs returned.have

 

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