Yambio Town Road Monitoring Displacement Crisis Yambio County, State, South Sudan March 2019

CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY Western Bahr Sudan el Ghazal Ethiopia Yambio town is located in Yambio County, Western Equatoria State, near South Sudan’s WWesternarra pEquatoria ARRIVALS TO YAMBIO TOWN C.A.R. Lakes 3 border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yambio town was the centre ua Demographic Previous location - Country of significant armed clashes and widespread displacement in 2016, and hosts a large D.R.C. Kenya Country of most recent long term location for arriving HHs: population of internally displaced persons (IDPs) many of whom have started to return Nagero Uganda home as of early 2018. Children 32 % South Sudan 99 % This factsheet provides results from the REACH road monitoring exercise in Yambio Main routes of population Uganda 1 % town, Yambio County. REACH monitors four bus/car parks in Yambio town to record Tambura movement Mvolo Women 34 % the arrivals and departures of people on a daily basis. Daily data is synthesisedC intoent raa l Nzara monthly factsheet to provide an overview of wider movement trends, including push/pull factors and intentions. African Men 35 % Republic Mundri31+ 34+35t 97+3t The following findings are based on primary data collected between 5 and 29 March Mundri From/To Juba 2019, during which 309 departing HHs (505 individuals) and 111 arriving HHs (199 Ezo Ibba West Easoft the total arriving HHs expressed the intention to remain in individuals) were recorded, along with 12 HHs (16 individuals) that were transiting Maridi 23% Yambio town permanently. Household composition through Yambio town.1 Enumerators interviewed respondents who were arriving in and Yambio 5 departing from any of Yambio town’s three (Tambura, Nzara and Maridi) bus/car parks. Arriving households Reported composition of HHs arriving in Yambio town:

Not all entry points to Yambio town were covered systematically and the entry points Yambio Town along the border with DRC were not covered. Some arrivals and departures reportedly 4 average number of individuals travelling in each HH. Partial family 97 % took place outside of data collection hours (9:00 a.m - 5:30 p.m). Moreover, departuresAngo Central of arriving HHs are made up of one individual. are over-represented due to many arrivals getting off buses early due to the matatu E53%quatoria system.2 As such, the data presented in this factsheet is not representative, rather Dungu Whole family 3 % indicative of movement trends for the assessed population. e Previous location - County Areas of most recent long term location of HHs arriving in Yambio town: 97+3t DEPARTURES FROM YAMBIO TOWN Push factors 44+23+13+11+3 Primary push factors reported by departing HHs for leaving Yambio town: Nzara County 44 % TRANSITS THROUGH YAMBIO TOWN of the total departing HHs intended to stay at their final 49+15+13+11+6 59% destination for 6 months or less. Far from the family 49 % Juba County 23 % Transits recorded in Yambio (12 HHs) in March consisted of HHs travelling Maridi County 13 % Demographic3 Lack of work opportunities 15 % through Yambio Town as part of longer journeys, such as HHs coming from Lack of health services 13 % Tambura County 11 % Tambura to Juba or vice versa. One HH was passing through Yambio town from Uganda to reach Obo, Central African Republic. In those cases, push 11 % Ezo County 3 % Children 23 % Lack of market and pull factors mainly revolved around searching for work opportunities, Other 6 % Intended duration of stay in Yambio town markets and joining their families. Women 46 % Reported length of time that arriving HHs intend to stay in Yambio town: From the Yambio bus/car parks, no HHs were recorded to be transiting Intended destination 39+24+11+23+4 to and from the DRC in March, although cross border movement is likely Less than a month 39 % Men 31 % Intended destination of departing HHs: more noticeable in areas of Yambio County closer to the border with DRC 23+46+31+t 91% of the total departing HHs intend to stay within Western One month to six months 24 % where REACH is currently not collecting data. Equatoria State. More than six months 11 % Departing households Primary intended areas of destination in the Equatorias for departing Do not intend to leave 23 % HHs: average number of individuals per HH. 62+10+10+5+3 Not sure 4 % 4 62 % Nzara County Pull factors 57% of departing HHs are made up of one individual travelling alone. Tambura County 10 % Primary pull factors reported by arriving HHs for choosing to come to Maridi County 10 % Area of origin of departing households4 Yambio town:4 Juba County 7 % 38+30+13+7+6 Presence of family 38 % of the total departing HHs are originally from Western Equatoria Ezo County 3 % 94% Presence of market 30 % State. Intended duration of stay at destination County of origin of departing HHs: Presence of work opportunities 13 % 31+27+16+8+2+2 Yambio County 31 % Reported length of time that departing HHs intend to stay in the Presence of health services 7 % location that they are departing for: Presence of education services 6 % Nzara County 27 % 42+17+6+30+5 Tambura County 16 % Less than a month 42 % Notes: 17 % 1. Due to the negligible number of transits recorded, a detailed analysis of the dynamics of transiting households was not included in this factsheet, apart from a short narrative section. Maridi County 8 % One month to six months Transit data can be obtained on request. 2 % Over six months 6 % 2. Common throughout East Africa, the matatu system involves buses that follow a set route in which passenger get on and get off at pre-determined stops. This means that many arriving Ezo County passengers often get off at their stops before reaching Yambio town, while departing vehicles are nearly always full. Ibba County 2 % Do not intend to return 30 % 3. These are indicative trends; REACH does not record all arrivals and departures. Not sure 5 % 4. Reported presence of services or opportunities is indicative of respondents’ perception and does not necessarily reflect availability. 5. “Partial” in the sense that not all members of the HHs were travelling with the interviewed HHs.

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