Ongoing population movements out of the Saint-Marc area

- Most of the country has received a small number of travelers from the area during the last week

- A few areas: Gonaive, the areas south of Saint-Marc, Ile de la Gonave and Port-au-Prince, have received the vast majority of travelers from the affected area.

- There is no evidence that more people than usual leave the affected area

Executive summary

We analyzed data from the locations of all Digicel mobile phones in Haiti before and after the earthquake. Our analyses cover the period 1 January to 11 March and include the movements of 2 million mobile phone SIM cards. We matched this data with census data and extrapolated the movement patterns to Haiti's population of 9.9 million persons.

Our results indicate that migration patterns of displaced persons are considerably different from what has previously been assumed, while the overall number of people displaced is similar to

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Maps provided courtesy of CARE International and CIESIN at the Earth Institute of Columbia University
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