Focus on: South Mobility Tracking Round 2 Kapoeta South (Eastern ) is one of 46 counties included in DTM’s Mobility Tracking between April - June 2018 Overview

Through Mobility Tracking, DTM is able to provide a comprehensive baseline and regular updates on the trends and changes in numbers, locations and priority needs of IDPs and returnees in South Sudan. In this second round, the IOM DTM covered a total of 225 payams in 46 counties located across 8 states. This report specifically focuses on returnees and IDP population in , where data collection covered 17 bomas in 5 payams, from April – June, 2018. Mobility tracking captured a total of 2,884 IDPs (866 households) and 589 returnees (154 households). Additionally, 266 individuals (52 households) were documented as having relocated to teh area, and the host community is estimated to include 32,130 persons (9,257 households).

F.1 Tracked population in Kapoeta South (3,739 ind.) Relocated individuals 77% 16% 7%

Estimated IDPs Estimated Returnees Mobility Tracking Round 2: Kapoeta South’s IDP and returnee population

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Of those individuals assessed through Mobility Tracking in Kapoeta South County during the reporting period, the majority were IDPs (77%), 16 per cent were returnees and 7 per cent relocated individuals (F.1, see definitions on p4). The most common reason for displacement of IDPs currently living in Kapoeta South was communal clashes F.2 Estimated IDPs by reason for displacement (81%) followed by conflict (14%) and natural disaster (5%) (F.2). Findings show that of those returned since 2015, most were displaced due to communal clashes 2,339 (92%), followed by natural disaster (5%) and conflict (3%) (F.2). 396

F.3 IDPs and returnee population by village 149

Nanakanak 471 0 a

t Nachur 106 13 a w

P Lomoonole 112 27 Lochleler 234 18 IDPs were documented in 17 villages in Kapoeta South County. i

h The majority of these IDPs are located in Rei B (530 individuals), o Nakware 12 c w a t

M Lomilimil 17 Rei A (516) and Nanakanak (471). Meanwhile, returnees are e

n Renkoi 26 located in only eight villages within the county. Rei A showed the o

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h Nachilagar 33 highest returnee population (218 individuals), followed by Palakal c a Katiko M 103 (195) and Melekia (73). (F.3) l

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Palakal 114 195 a t e Melekia 89 73 Internally Displaced Persons o p a Hai Tarawa 135 Returnees

K 0 Atlabara 156 0

F.4 Estimated IDPs (individuals) by county of origin

Machi two Kapoeta North: 29

The majority of IDPs were displaced from counties within State, specifically County (1,280 individuals), followed by Kapoeta North (637), Ikwoto (162), Kapoeta South (112) and Kapoeta East (93). Other IDPs were displaced from neighboring states, namely County in (309 individuals) and Bor South County, (291) (F.4).

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The majority of returnees in Kapoeta South F. 5 Number of returnees by country and location of displacement came from the neighboring country of Country of displacement (returnee) (413 individuals) and within South Sudan (73). 500500 No returnees were recorded from , 450450 Ethiopia or Sudan in Kapoeta South for this 400400 reporting period (F.5). 350350 300300 250250 The majority of IDPs who remained displaced 200200 by the time of data collection arrived in 150150 Kapoeta South between the period 2013 – 100100 2014. Of these, 1,046 individuals arrived in 5050 Kapoeta Town Payam specifically. IDP arrivals 00 peaked again between 2015 and 2016, S S particularly in Pwata Payam (471 individuals) T (F.6). F.6 Time of arrival: IDPs currently present in the Payam Approximately 51 per cent of the IDPs are female and 44 per cent are under 18 years of age. Adult women and men were found to be in similar proportions (28 and 29 per cent respectively). With 14 per cent, a significant number of individuals were found to be over 60 years (F.7). A sample of the returnee population suggests that approximately 54 per cent of the returnees are female and 33 per cent are under 18 years of age. Adult women constituted a slightly larger percentage of T the population than men (34% vs 33% respectively) (F.8).

F.7 IDP population demographics (n=752 ind.) F.8 Returnee population demographics (n=234 ind.)

7.4% >60 6.6% 4.7% >60 4.7%

3.6% 46-59 2.9% 5.1% 46-59 4.3%

17.7% 18-45 18.1% 23.1% 18-45 25.2%

14.5% 6-17 15.4% 12.4% 6-17 14.1%

4.3% 1-5 5.2% 0.9% 1-5 3.4%

1.1% <1 3.2%

F.9 Returnee Housing Status (number of individuals) Whilst returnees were not reported to be 262 living in severely damaged shelters, partial 224 No damage damage to houses was found by more than half of the returning population in Kapoeta Partial damage Town (54% of returnees). Just under a

third of those having returned to Longeleya 58 reported living in partially damaged housing 31 14 (31%). Kapoeta Town 3 Longeleya Pwata Mobility Tracking Round 2: Kapoeta South

Definitions

IDPs Persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized state border”.

Time of arrival in assessed area considered: 2013 to 2018

Returnees Someone who was displaced from their habitual residence either within South Sudan (former IDP) or abroad (former refugee), who has since returned to their habitual residence. Please note: the returnee category, for the purpose of DTM data collection, is restricted to individuals who returned to the exact location of their habitual residence, or an adjacent area based on a free decision. South Sudanese displaced persons having crossed the border into South Sudan from neighbouring countries without having reached their home are still displaced and as such not considered returnees.

Time of arrival in assessed area considered: 2015 to 2018

Relocated Individuals Someone who was displaced from their habitual residence either within South Sudan (former IDP) or abroad (former refugee), who has since relocated voluntarily (independently or with the help of other actors) to another location than their former habitual residence, without an intention to return to their former habitual residence.

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