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Baseline Mobility Assessment BASELINE MOBILITY ASSESSMENT KUNDUZ SUMMARY RESULTS Due to limited access to clean drinking water, many IDP and returnee families travel long distances to ▪ fetch water. These boys are standing in line to take water back to their families from a reservoir in Aliabad ROUND 7 OCT – DEC 2018 district, Kunduz province. © IOM 2018 ABOUT DTM The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is a system that tracks HIGHLIGHTS and monitors displacement and population mobility. It is designed districts assessed to regularly and systematically capture, process and disseminate 7 information to provide a better understanding of the movements 318 settlements assessed and evolving needs of displaced populations, whether on site or en route. For more information about DTM in Afghanistan, please 1,764 visit www.displacement.iom.int/afghanistan. key informants interviewed In Afghanistan, DTM employs the Baseline Mobility Assessment 164,151 tool, designed to track mobility, determine the population sizes and returnees from abroad [2012-2018] locations of forcibly displaced people, reasons for displacement, places of origin, displacement locations and times of displacement, 62,898 including basic demographics, as well as vulnerabilities and priority IDPs [2012–2018] currently in host communities needs. Data is collected at the settlement level, through key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and direct observations. 957,751 former IDPs have returned to their homes [2012–2018] DTM enables IOM and its partners to deliver evidence-based, better targeted, mobility-sensitive and sustainable humanitarian 130,366 assistance, reintegration, community stabilization and development out-migrants fled abroad [2012–2018] programming. 13,120 out-migrants fled to Europe (10% of out-migrants) 5 TARGET POPULATIONS 0 Through the Baseline Mobility Assessments, DTM tracks the returnees and IDPs live in tents or in the open air locations, population sizes, and cross-sectoral needs of five core target population categories: 4 in 5 88% of individuals were former IDPs and have 1. Returnees from Abroad returned to their homes – Kunduz hosts the largest Afghans who had fled abroad for at least 6 months and have now returned to Afghanistan number of returned IDPs nationwide 2. Out-Migrants 1 in 4 Afghans who moved or fled abroad 27% of families in Emam Saheb District have no Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), subdivided into the following access to schools three categories: 17,617 3. Fled IDPs individuals in Khanabad District have no access to Afghans from an assessed village who fled as IDPs to reside elsewhere in Afghanistan health services 4. Arrival IDPs 27,426 IDPs from other locations currently residing in an assessed village individuals (76%) in Chardarah District have no 5. Returned IDPs access to markets Afghans from an assessed village who had fled as IDPs in the past and have now returned home 7,587 Data on population sizes for the 5 target population categories is individuals in Khan Abad District have no access to collected by time of displacement, using each of the following time potable water frames: 2012-2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018. For more information, please contact: [email protected] www.displacement.iom.int/afghanistan BASELINE MOBILITY ASSESSMENT ▪ SUMMARY RESULTS IOM AFGHANISTAN ▪ KUNDUZ ▪ ROUND 7 ▪ OCT — DEC 2018 2 Displaced Individuals in all 5 Target Populations | Summary Overview by District Total Inflow *Base (Returnees + % of % of % of Arrival % of Returned % of Out % of District Population Arrival IDPs) Pop. Returnees Pop. Fled IDPs Pop. IDPs Pop. IDPs Pop. Migrants Pop. Aliabad 51,455 25,178 33% 19,090 25% 5,014 10% 6,088 8% 44,377 86% 7,261 14% Chardarah 80,196 36,101 31% 30,876 27% 14,013 17% 5,225 4% 210,453 262% 14,394 18% Dasht-e-Archi 92,576 22,108 19% 20,127 18% 18,380 20% 1,981 2% 91,790 99% 19,804 21% Emamsaheb 254,998 32,931 11% 18,826 7% 14,336 6% 14,105 5% 89,707 35% 13,716 5% Khanabad 177,173 51,906 23% 38,721 17% 60,513 34% 13,185 6% 195,185 110% 36,305 20% Kunduz 358,102 55,212 13% 33,605 8% 22,645 6% 21,607 5% 264,870 74% 35,008 10% Qala-e-Zal 76,616 3,613 5% 2,906 4% 2,478 3% 707 1% 61,369 80% 3,878 5% Total 1,091,116 227,049 17% 164,151 12% 137,379 13% 62,898 5% 957,751 88% 130,366 12% * Base Population source: CSO Population Estimates for 1397 (2018 to 2019) Symbology:target population ≥ 200,000 % of base population ≥ 25% Besides poor shelter conditions, limited availablity of clean water is an emerging problem for IDPs in Kunduz. Stagnant water as shown in the picture above is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and may also raise the risk of malaria infections. © IOM 2018 BASELINE MOBILITY ASSESSMENT ▪ SUMMARY RESULTS IOM AFGHANISTAN ▪ KUNDUZ ▪ ROUND 7 ▪ OCT — DEC 2018 3 METHODOLOGY KEY INFORMANTS The overall objective of DTM's Baseline Mobility Assessment DTM’s field enumerators collect data at the settlement level, in Afghanistan is to track mobility and displacement, provide predominantly through focus group discussions with key population estimates, locations and geographic distribution of informants. While assessing communities, enumerators also displaced, return and migrant populations, as well as refugees, observe the living conditions and availability of multi-sectoral nomads, cross-border tribal groups, and both domestic and services. In the rare case that DTM’s District Focal Points cannot international labour migrants. DTM captures additional mobility physically reach a community, due to insecurity, conflict, or risk of information, including reasons for displacement and return, retaliation, DFPs meet the focus groups at safe locations outside places of origin and destination, times of displacement and their communities or conduct the assessments by phone. return, secondary displacements, and population demographics, vulnerabilities and multi-sectoral needs. By actively recruiting more female enumerators, though challenging, DTM has made significant strides to improve DTM predominantly employs enumerators who originate from gender inclusion in focus group discussions, although there is the areas of assessment. Enumerators collect quantitative data much room for improvement. While women only represent 11% at the settlement level, through focus group discussions with key of the female key informants, this is significant compared to the informants (KIs). Through direct observations, enumerators also national average of 4%. collect qualitative data on living conditions, basic services, and security and socio-economic situation. 1,764 79 Due to security risks, enumerators cannot carry smart-phones key informants (KIs) key informants are IDPs or tablets in the field, therefore they collect data, daily, using interviewed or returnees (4%) a paper-based form, which is pre-filled with data from the 39 465 previous round for verification of existing data and to expedite female key informants KIs from host the assessment process. Completed forms are submitted weekly (2%) communities (26%) to the provincial DTM office and verified for accuracy by the team leader and data entry clerk. Once verified, the data is 1,725 363 entered electronically via mobile devices, using KoBo forms, and male key informants KIs from multi-sectoral submitted directly into DTM's central SQL server in Kabul, where (98%) and social services (21%) it is systematically cleaned and verified daily, through automated and manual systems. This stringent review process ensures that 5.5 808 average number of KIs KIs from local DTM data is of the highest quality, accuracy and integrity. per focus group authorities (46%) When DTM assesses a province for the first time, enumerators collect data through two rounds of two-layered assessments: Key Informants by Type | Kunduz 1. District-level assessment (B1): this assessment aims to Community/Tribal identify settlements with high inflows and outflows of Representative Afghan nationals and provide estimated numbers of each 3%1%3% Community Development target population category. 3% Council (CDC) Representative 26% 2. Settlement-level assessment (B2): based on the results of B1, Displaced Groups 15% this assessment collects information on inflows and outflows Representative of each target population category at each settlement Education Representative (village), identified through B1. Additional villages are also 4% identified and assessed, based on referrals from KIs. Health Sector Representative Since DTM has now assessed all 34 provinces, only settlement- Humanitarian/Social level assessments will be conducted in the future. Pending Organization continued funding, DTM aims to conduct baseline mobility 45% Other District Authority assessments, nationwide, twice per year. Representative Other Key Informants by Type and Sex | Kunduz Community Development Council (CDC) Representative 51 48 49 3% 3% Community/Tribal 3% Representative 1 261 1 2% 3% Other District Authority 15% Representative 1 1 1 754 Displaced Groups 2% 3% 3% 44% 78 Representative 4%20 Education Representative 1% 34 Health Sector Representative 87% 464 Humanitarian/Social 27% Organization Other BASELINE MOBILITY ASSESSMENT ▪ SUMMARY RESULTS IOM AFGHANISTAN ▪ KUNDUZ ▪ ROUND 7 ▪ OCT — DEC 2018 4 RETURNEES Returnees are Afghan nationals who have returned to Returnees from Abroad | Kunduz Afghanistan in the assessed location after having spent at least 120,000 63% six months abroad. This group includes both documented 103,995 returnees (Afghans who were registered refugees in host 100,000 countries and then requested voluntary return with UNHCR and 80,000 34% relevant national authorities) and undocumented returnees 56,097 (Afghans who did not request voluntary return with UNHCR, but 60,000 rather returned spontaneously from host countries, irrespective Individuals 40,000 of whether or not they were registered refugees with UNHCR 20,000 2% 0% 0.0% 0.00% and relevant national authorities). 4,027 32 0 0 0 Pakistan Iran Europe Middle East Rest of Asia Other The number of returnees from abroad to Kunduz decreased by including 47% in 2016 compared to the period between 2012 and 2015.
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