IOM CHAD Influx from the Central African Republic (CAR)

UPDATE 13 Feb 2014

EvacueesleepintheopenattheTransitCentres(KlematTC,N’Djamena©IOM2014)

Over the past week, violence has been reͲ IOM’sEMERGENCYRESPONSEINCHAD gaining strength in Bangui, and the Ňow of MigrantsŇeeingtheinsecuritytowardsChad x RegistraƟon and proĮling of Returnees, Refugees and ThirdͲ remainssteady. Country NaƟonals upon their arrival by air or by landand DisplacementTrackingMatrix(DTM)  Since 5 February, IOM registered 816 MiͲ x Emergency health assistance: medical escorts during air grantsatN’Djamenaairportthathavebeen evacuaƟon;emergencymedicalservicesinthetransitcentres; evacuatedbyChadianGovernmentandIOM referrals to hospitals and psychosocial care; seƫng up of an Ňights. temporaryHealthPostinGaouicentre  Another10,426personshavearrivedbyland x IdenƟĮcaƟonandreferralsofUnaccompaniedandSeparated inChadfromtheCAR,eitherontheirownor ChildrentotheMinistryofSocialAcƟon;oftheCARciƟzensto onboardChadianroadconvoys(5Ͳ12FebruͲ UNHCR;ofthirdͲcountrynaƟonalstotheirDiplomaƟcMissions foridenƟĮcaƟonandissuanceofTravelDocuments; ary2014).  x Transport of evacuees from airport or other border entry IOMisjoiningtheeīortsoftheGovernment points to TCs; Transport of Returnees from TCs to Įnal andotherHumanitarianPartnerstomeetthe desƟnaƟoninChadandTCNstotheircountriesoforigin; criƟcalneedsofover63,370returnees,refuͲ x Maintenance of Transit Centre : water, sanitaƟon, geesandthirdͲcountrynaƟonals(TCNs)who maintenanceandsecurity; havesofararrivedinChadsinceendofDeͲ cember2013unƟl12February2014. x InformaƟon sharing with humanitarian partners on inŇux, trends, urgent needs, response to the inŇux and impact in areasofhighreturnsthroughOCHA. REGISTRATIONANDPROFILING Thisweek,IOMhaslaunchedtheDisplacementTrackͲ  ingMatrix(DTM)inN’Djamena.On11February2014, IOMhasregistered11,242evacueesfromtheCARdurͲ there were 7,743 evacuees in the TCs in N’Djamena ingtheperiodfrom5to12February2014. (78% Chadians, 20% CAR naƟonals, 2% TCNs). Please  Įnd the results of the N’Djamena DTM on page 5 of Intotal,sincethebeginningoftheevacuaƟonsinlate thisreport. December,IOMhasregistered63,370migrantsarriving  fromtheCAR.16,346evacueeshavearrivedinN’DjaͲ The IOM DTM exercise presents a snapshot on numͲ menaonboard83Ňights(67fromtheChadianGovernͲ bersofevacueesinthediīerentTCsites,servicesproͲ ment and 16 from IOM) while 47,024 evacuees have vided and current gaps. The DTM has also been beenregisteredinthesouth. launchedinthesouth.   In Mbitoye, IOM has registered over 11,000 persons, EMERGENCYHEALTHRESPONSE outofwhichapproximately9,000haveclaimedtobe  oftheCARnaƟonality. Overthepastdays,IOMhasregisteredseveralserious  medical cases among the evacuees upontheirarrival At the request of the Government of Chad, IOM has inN'DjamenathatwereimmediatelyreferredbyIOM deployedoperaƟon,medicalandregistraƟonteamsin doctorstothelocalhospitalsforfurthermanagement. Moundou(southofChad)wherecirca10,000Chadian These include amputees, severely injured cases, and returnees are expected from Cameroon. The returnͲ paƟents with chronic diseases. Cases of measles, maͲ ees, along with TCNs and refugees have Ňed extreme laria and acute diarrhea have also been reported in violenceintheCARandtookrefugeinCameroon. severalTCsinN’Djamenaandinthesouth.   TheĮrstconvoyof11buseswith868evacuees(408M Unfortunately,duetothelimitedcapacityofthehealth and460F)hasarrivedinMoundouyesterday,13FebͲ faciliƟes, many paƟents are discharged on the same ruary2014. day.   AspertheresultsofaIOMFocusGroupDiscussion,it IOMisprovidingprimaryhealthcareinN’DjamenaTCs took three days for the road convoy to travel from ofDAS(Division de l’AcƟon Sociale),RiatandSabangali. Kentzou (Cameroon) to Moundou. They were pushed IncoordinaƟonwiththeGovernment,IOMhasalsoset out of the CAR by armed groups, their houses were upatemporaryHealthPostintheGaouicentre. burnt, family members killed and documents deͲ  stroyed.Theyusedtrucksandbussestotravelfromthe  CARintoCameroonontheirown.Thesecondconvoyis  expectedtoarriveinMoundoutoday. 

WaterpointatGaouitransitcentre(N’Djamena©IOM2014)

UNACCOMPANIEDANDSEPARATEDCHILDREN IOMhasalsoprovidedassistanceinensuringculturally  appropriate and digniĮed burial ceremony for deͲ Since21December,IOMhasregisteredatotalof639 ceasedcasesamongtheevacueesaswellaspsychosoͲ UnaccompaniedandSeparatedChildren(UASC)upon cialaccompanimenttothebereavedfamilies. theirarrivalinN’DjamenaandintheSouth(Doyaba,  Mbitoye,Gore,DobaandSido). TRANSPORT   UASCareathighriskofexploitaƟonincludingtraĸckͲ TheGovernmentissensiƟzingtheevacueesintheTCs ing. Their speciĮc needs have to be addressed comͲ toreturntotheircommuniƟesoforigininthecountry prehensively by including health care, family tracing, withtheaimofdecongesƟngtheovercrowdedTCsin childͲfriendlyspaces,careprogrammesandpsychosoͲ N’DjamenaandintheSouth. cial support. The children also need to be relocated  rapidlyfromtheDASTCasmenƟonedinlastweek’s IOMhasassistedwithonwardtransportaƟonthereͲ situaƟonreport. turneeswhohavedecidedtovoluntarilyleavetheTCs  fortheirareasoforigininthecountry. InaddiƟontotheregistraƟon,IOMisalsofollowingup  ontracingofrelaƟvesoftheUASCintheTCforreuniͲ InN’Djamena,on11February,597ChadianReturnees ĮcaƟonpurposes. have leŌ the TCs of Amriguebe and Harazai to their  placesoforigininChad. AttherequestoftheMinistryofSocialAcƟonandin  coordinaƟon with UNICEF, IOM has facilitated the IntheSouth,IOMhastransported1,573fromtheTCs movement of 24 UASC and their caregivers from totheirhomecommuniƟes.ThemaindesƟnaƟonsare MbitoyetoDoba. Sarh, Moundou, Doba, Am Timan, Koumra, Bongor  andN’Djamena. PROTECTION   Moreover,IOMisintheprocessofassisƟngtheGovͲ Toreinforcethe“communitysupportsystem”through ernment in transporƟng the circa 10,000 Chadians family support for hospitalized and discharged paͲ from the CAR who are currently stranded in CameͲ Ɵents,tracingofextendedfamilymembers,IOMput roon. in place a followͲup mechanism for vulnerable cases  amongtheevacuees. TRANSITCENTRESMAINTENANCEANDUPGRADͲ  ING Moreover, IOM has idenƟĮed women’s representaͲ  ƟvesinthesiteofGaouitoensurewomen’sparƟcipaͲ As of 11 February, IOM esƟmates that over 40,000 Ɵon in addressing protecƟon and psychosocial conͲ evacuees are sheltered in the TCs in N’Djamena cernsoftheevacuees. (Klemat,ParisCongo,Chagoua,Sabangali,DiguelRiat,  andtheDAScentre)andintheSouth(DobaandDoyͲ  abainSarh).

Thenumberoflatrinesisofmajorconcerninmostof ThethreetemporarysitesnewlysetupinMoundou theTCs.Forexample,thenumberoflatrinesinthe for the evacuees from Cameroon are currently TCsinN’Djamenacanonlymeet15percentofthe hosƟngover700people.Theywillbemovedtothe totalneedsofthehostedEvacuees. newsiteoutsideMoundou.   TentsandNFIsaretheothertwobasiccommodiƟes INFORMATIONSHARINGANDCOORDINATION that are insuĸcient for the Evacuees in the TCs in  N’Djamena. IOM shares data and informaƟon collected through  registraƟonandproĮlingexercisesonevacueeswith In the South, available NFIs are insuĸcient. These the humanitarian partners through OCHA (sitreps include, blankets, mosquito nets, personal hygiene andTaskForcemeeƟngs)forcoordinaƟonpurpose. kitsandcookingitems. 

FUNDINGREQUIREMENTS  On 8 January 2014, IOM’s appealed for USD 17.5 M for the CAR crisis. This include fundingtoprovidelifeͲsavingassistancetoChadianMigrantsarrivinginChad.10Mare forprovidingemergencyevacuaƟontomigrantsstrandedintheCAR,while7.5Mare providinglifeͲsavingassistancetomigrantsreturningtoChad.Todate,theappealreͲ mainscriƟcallyunderfunded,jeopardizingthedeliveryofthemuchͲneededassistance servicetothethousandsofMigrantsŇeeingtheviolenceintheCAR.

Table1IOMAppeal(USD)

TOTAL 17.5M EmergencyevacuaƟon 10M

HumanitarianAssistanceuponarrival 7.5M

IOM THANKS ITS DONORS :

FormoreinformaƟon,pleasecontact:

Dr.QasimSUFI,CoMIOMͲChad(qsuĮ@iom.int,+23562900674) ChrisHOFFMAN,HumanitarianFieldCoordinator(choī[email protected],+23562930082) AliouKA,OperaƟonsCoordinator([email protected],+23563985476) SarahLOTFI,DonorRelaƟonsOĸcer(sloƞ[email protected],+23562933332)

Attachment to Sitrep 13-Feb

IOM CHAD: DTM1 Report 11-Feb-14 N'Djamena Overview

Type of Site: Transit Centre Region: N'DJAMENA Department: N'Djamena Prefecture: N/A Sub Prefecture: N/A: Canton: N/A Lat; Long: 12.163100: 15.12651 Authority in Centre: Action Sociale Phone Number of Contact: N/A

Transit Centres in N'Djamena

Demographics

Age Breakdown Evacuees:7,743 Families: 2,032 Women HH2: 1,370 5% 13% 0Ͳ4 5Ͳ11 15% Main Areas of Return 12Ͳ17 Nationality 45% 18Ͳ59 Location 22% >=60 N'Djamena Others 21 Gender Breakdown Sarh Cameroon 76 Am Timan CAR 1604 Doba 42% Male Chad 6042 58% Female Moundou 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 Abeche

Disclaimer: Thisreportisasnapshotofthesituationonthesiteatthetimeofreporting.Thepopulationfigureschangefrequently. 1DTMͲDisplacementTrackingMatrix 2WomanHeadedHouseholds Forinformation:VincentMatteu,[email protected]

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