IDP Situation Monitoring Initiative (ISMI) CCCM CLUSTER Monthly Overview of IDP Movements and Spontaneous Returns in Idleb & Surrounding Areas, June 2019

Summary of Findings About ISMI & This Factsheet Communities assessed: 220 Between 1 and 30 June, assessed communities in Idleb and The IDP Situation Monitoring Initiative (ISMI) is an initiative of the Camp surrounding areas witnessed a total of 57,805 IDP arrivals, Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Cluster, implemented by REACH Total IDP arrivals:1 57,805 (76%) and supported by cluster members. most of whom to Dana (16,604) and Maaret Tamsrin (11,138) 3 Following a baseline assessment conducted at the end of 2016, weekly, bi- Total IDP departures: 32,137 (79%) sub-districts in northern Idleb governorate. Many people weekly and now monthly data collection cycles were initiated. This factsheet presents an overview of reported inward and outward movements of IDPs from 4 sought safety and security near the Turkey- border, a Total spontaneous returns (SRs): 4,509 (92%) densely-populated area that has already seen a large influx of 1 to 30 June 2019. Such displacements were reported in 220 communities in sub-districts monitored by ISMI. The coverage map in this section shows the arrivals within recent months. In comparison to what was seen sub-districts that were monitored for the most recent round of data collection, Total IDP arrivals, IDP departures and SRs: in May, the total number of IDP departures (32,137) in June as well as the communities reporting movements. ISMI monitoring coverage 57,805 decreased by 79%. Meanwhile, assessed communities in Idleb varies over time depending on access. Displacements are identified through an extensive key informant (KI) network, either from alerts initiated by KIs and surrounding areas witnessed an increase in SRs (92%) or from follow-up by enumerators. At least two KIs are interviewed in each throughout June. Ma’arrat An Nu’man sub-district witnessed assessed community, and collected information is further triangulated through other sources, including CCCM member data and humanitarian updates. This 32,137 the highest number of SRs (2,730). approach allows for regular updates on IDP movements at the community Nevertheless, hostilities and airstrikes were reported around level across sub-districts monitored by ISMI in Idleb and surrounding areas. southern Idleb and northern Hama governorates with civilians The data used for this product was collected, triangulated and verified based 4,509 on submissions from ISMI’s network and select CCCM cluster members bearing the brunt of the conflict. In June, several casualties following the ISMI methodology. Due to differences in methodology and Idleb and surrounding areas were reported and critical civilian infrastructure was damaged coverage, figures presented in this output may differ from official CCCM 100+557+ Cluster or UNHCR data. All data is for humanitarian use only. or destroyed, in particular hospitals, preventing people from ■ IDP arrivals ■ IDP departures ■ Spontaneous returns accessing life-saving medical assistance.5 Coverage, June 2019

! ! IDP arrivals to sub-districts monitored by ISMI, June 2019 ! ! ! ! ! ! Percentage of total IDP ! Kafr ! Harim Administrative ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Takharim arrivals by sub-district ! ! (314) boundaries ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (1,967) (1619 - 30619) ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Daret Azza ! ! Dana ! ! 0.0% - 1.0% ! ! ! ! Governorate ! Ü (1,631) ! ! ! ! (16,604) Jebel ! ! TURKE ! 1.1% - 3-0% ! ourqeena ! ! ! ! ! Saman ! ! (9,468) ! Aleppo ! ! (1,203) 3.1% - 6.0% ! ! ! ! (86) ! ! Atareb Sub-district ! ! ! !! 6.1% - 28.7% ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! (736) ! ! Maaret ! ! ! ! ! ! Darkosh ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Maor displacements ! Tamsrin Most common sub-districts ! ! ! (205) ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (11,138) ( 1,000 IDPs ) ! ! ! Teftnaz of departure ( 2,000 IDP ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (2,594) ! ! ! ! ! ! Zarbah arrivals from sub-district) ! ! ! (223) ! ! ! ! !! ! Bennsh ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (212) Outward External ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (205) ! Idleb Idleb ! Janudiyeh displacement ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ALEPPO ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (2,310) ! ! ! (114) Lattakia ! ! ! Inward & outward ! ! !! ! ! Saraqab ! ! Internal ! Badama displacement ! ! Jisr-Ash ! ! ! Mhambal (188) ! (332) ! -Shugur ! ! (942) (2,781) ! ! (428) IDLEBAbul Thohur (11) Hama Ehsem Maarrat An Numan Sub-districts monitored by ISMI Sub-districts not monitored ! Assessed communities 2,681 1,402 IDPs IDPs (3,217) LATTAKIA Kafr Nobol (587) 1,112 Heish IDPs CCCM CLUSTER

Madiq Castle 1,426 IDPs Feedback: CCCM Cluster Northern Syria Email: [email protected] Km HAMA 0 25 50 100 Info: www.globalcccmcluster.org, www.humanitarianresponse.info 1 IDP Situation Monitoring Initiative (ISMI) CCCM CLUSTER Monthly Overview of IDP Movements and Spontaneous Returns in Idleb & Surrounding Areas, June 2019

IDLEB & SURROUNDING AREAS6

8 Key Figures IDP arrivals to assessed communities in Idleb and surrounding areas as of May 2019, many of whom have been Atma Selwa IDP arrivals ( 1619 - 30619 ) displaced an average of five times since the start 13 Communities assessed: 220 11 - 200 1,001 - 5,000 of the conflict, further exacerbating people’s ² Salqin Aqrabat vulnerabilities and likely eroding resilience. 201 - 1,000 5,001 - 10,545  Kafr Kelly Tilaada Total IDP arrivals: 57,805 ( 76%) Takharim Top intended destination sub-districts (# IDPs): Sub-districts with most arrivals (# IDPs): Haano 100+67+57+19+16 100+34+23+18+13 Armana Dana 16,604 ALEPPO Dana 7,240 Maaret Tamsrin 11,138 Kafr - Ma’arrat An Nu’man 2,477 Maarrat Kafrehmul Salqin 9,468 Tamasrin Salqin 1,666 Ma’arrat An Nu’man 3,217 IDLEB Maaret Tamsrin 1,336 Ariha 2,781 Idleb 959 Ariha Total IDP departures: 32,137 (79%) Most people reportedly intended to move to Sub-districts with most departures (# IDPs): Atma (1,873), (526) and (382) 100+98+45+44+32 communities in Dana sub-district. According Heish 8,466 LATTAKIA Kafr Nobol 8,336 to KIs, the most common push factors for people Ehsem 3,824 leaving assessed communities were a loss of Ariha 3,780 income, an escalation in aerial bombardment, Ma’arrat An Nu’man 2,743 and anticipation of future conflict escalation.

Kms 0 25 50 HAMA As Idleb governorate and surrounding areas is Total SRs: 4,509 (92%) the last opposition-held area in Syria and people Sub-districts with most SRs: IDP Departures 100+34+20+6+2 and 30 June, several hospitals were damaged likely face significant risks moving elsewhere, Ma’arrat An Nu’man 2,730 or rendered inoperable, in particular around More than half (52%) of all IDP departures were options for future movement are limited. Mhambal 941 communities in southern Idleb and northern from Heish (8,466) and Kafr Nobol (8,336) With more than half (54%) of IDP departures Kafr Nobol 547 Hama governorates. This has prevented people sub-districts, of which 69% were primary intending to move to other communities within Badama 171 from receiving life-saving treatment and from displacements. The majority of residents left the region, additional pressures will affect the Abul Thohur 80 accessing vital services. In the last two months their communities of origin in (3,993) already stretched humanitarian response and alone, at least 26 healthcare facilities and 37 following an escalation in aerial bombardments increase gaps in services.14 Overview schools have reportedly been affected.10 on the region.7 Hostility and clashes in Idleb and surrounding Following trends seen within recent months, Intended destinations of departures: IDP Arrivals areas continue unabated since the end of people continued to flee communities close Almost half (48%) of all IDP arrivals in June to April 2019. Intense airstrikes and shelling to frontlines, seeking safety and security in Same region 54% assessed communities in Idleb and surrounding continued to take a heavy toll on civilians with northern Idleb governorate along the Turkey- areas were to Dana (16,604) and Maaret an increase in clashes along frontlines on 3 Syria border, in particular Dana sub-district.11 Different region 4% 7 Other/unknown 42% Tamsrin (11,138) sub-districts. Most people June. Critical civilian infrastructure continued Many people have arrived into already (43%) arrived from other communities within the to be affected throughout the reporting period densely-populated areas, which is likely 54+4+42A region, most of whom from Kafr Nobol (6,334) despite the announcement of a temporary to further compound the already precarious 12 9 Some 330,000 people have been displaced and Heish (2,453) sub-districts. ceasefire agreement on 12 June. Between 1 humanitarian situation in the region. 2 IDP Situation Monitoring Initiative (ISMI) CCCM CLUSTER Monthly Overview of IDP Movements and Spontaneous Returns in Idleb & Surrounding Areas, June 2019

Endnotes Top 3 priority needs of IDP arrivals in Dana sub-district 1 Some figures may be repeated displacements. 2 First priority needs Afrin Second priority needs Afrin Third priority needs IDPAfrin arrival CCCM/REACH, ISMI Monthly Displacement Summary, May 2019 200 3 IDP departure figures reflect aggregated departures of both IDP and resident/pre-conflict populations. Atma 1,000 4 Atma Selwa Atma Spontaneous returns: Former IDPs and/or refugees who return to their community of origin, with the intention of staying Selwa Selwa 2,000 Daret Azza for a prolonged period of time, but not necessarily to their places of habitual residence, and who do not necessarily enjoy Daret Azza Daret Azza10,545 Aqrabat Aqrabat the full spectrum of rights afforded to them prior to displacement. Aqrabat 5 Action on Armed Violence, ‘27 civilians killed in Assad-Putin airstrikes in Syria’s region’, 11 June 2019; UNOG, Tilaada Tilaada Tilaada ‘Statement attributable to Ms. Najat Rochdi, Senior Humanitarian Adviser to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on Dana Dana Dana Dana the Situation Across Syria’, 27 June 2019. Dana Dana 6 Idleb governorate’s surrounding areas include communities in Atareb, Daret Azza, Haritan, Jebel Saman and Zarbah sub- Tal Elkaramej Tal Elkaramej Tal Elkaramej districts in western Aleppo governorate, as well as in Kafr Zeita, Madiq Castle, Suran and Ziyara sub-districts in northern Kafr Deryan Kafr Deryan Kafr Deryan Hama. These sub-districts have been added to the larger Idleb and surrounding areas region as populations in these sub- 3rd Priority 1st Priority 2nd Priority AtarebCash/voucher districts demonstrate similar movement patterns and are served by the same cross-border responses. Atareb assistance 7 Atareb Food Food Atareb Food UNOCHA, Situation Report 5: Recent Developments in Northwestern Syria, 14 June 2019. Maaret Maaret Maaret 8 Shelter NFIs NFIs Community markers also account for camps, informal settlements and other IDP sites when they are in close proximity Tamsrin Tamsrin Tamsrin to a community; Only major departure movements for known communities of origin are shown with regards to large IDP Community IDP arrivals 1st Priority 2nd Priority 3rd Priority arrival movements. 9 Atma 10,545 Shelter Food NFIs Reuters, ‘Russia and Turkey broker ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib: Russian news agencies’, 12 June 2019. 10 Aqrabat (Dana) 1,653 Shelter Food NFIs UN News, ‘Syria: ‘Deplorable’ violence in Idlib against civilians, humanitarian workers must ‘stop immediately’: UN Tilaada 1,425 Shelter NFIs Food Coordinator’, 21 June 2019. 11 REACH, Southern Idleb & Northern Hama Rapid Needs Assessment, May 2019. Selwa 1,140 Shelter NFIs Food 12 United Nations, Statement by Mark Cutts, Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis on attacks on Tal Elkaramej 855 Shelter NFIs Food civilians in Idleb, 5 July 2019. Dana (Dana) 855 Shelter NFIs Food 13 European Commission, ECHO Daily Flash, 17 June 2019. Kafr Deryan 131 Food NFIs Cash/voucher assistance 14 UNOCHA, Syrian Arab Republic Critical Funding Gaps, 16 July 2019. 15 REACH/UNOCHA, North-west Syria: Inter-cluster Rapid Needs Assessment, July 2019. 16 ^ Z [ Last sub-district of departure of arrivals (# IDPs): This is likely to pose inter-sectoral challenges, Vulnerable groups: Female-headed households/Women travelling alone Child-headed households Orphans `Elderly-headed households/Elderly travelling alone dDisabled-headed households/Individuals with disabilities 100+38+37+34+26 especially related to sanitation and hygiene. travelling alone. Kafr Nobol 6,334 Heish 2,453 Recently, many IDPs that arrived to assessed ABOUT REACH INITIATIVE Ehsem 2,391 communities in Idleb and surrounding areas Madiq Castle 2,212 brought furniture, kitchen equipment and REACH is a leading humanitarian information provider that uses primary data collection and in-depth analysis Kafr Zeita 1,700 livestock with them upon arrival. This likely as tools to enhance the capacity of aid actors to make evidence-based decisions in emergency, recovery and suggests that people are expecting to be development settings. 15 More than half (51%) of all IDP arrivals to Dana displaced for a long period of time. sub-district were to Atmeh camp (8,550), 16 likely with hopes of receiving humanitarian Vulnerable groups among IDP arrivals: assistance. Most people arriving to Dana sub- ^ Z [ ` d district reportedly arrived to managed camps (10,965), solid or finished houses (3,609), as According to KIs, the top 3 priority needs for IDP well as solid or finished apartments (735). arrivals in Dana sub-district were shelter, NFIs According to a recent rapid needs assessment and food. conducted by REACH, many people in the region live in overcrowded shelters.15

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