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IOM VISION
IOM Mali in partnership with key stakeholders, including governmental, nongovernmental organizations and other United Nations agencies, will provide multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and affected communities, while tackling the pre-existing drivers of fragility and conflict to lay the foundations for stability and development, in alignment with the strong commitment to operationalize the triple Nexus in the region in 2023 and 2024.
CONTEXT ANALYSIS
The humanitarian crisis in Mali continues to be characterized by a significant increase in the number of displaced people throughout the country due to the presence of non-state armed groups, protracted violence, and conflict with armed forces. Since the beginning of the multidimensional crisis in 2012, Mali’s central and northern regions continue to be marked by inter-communal tensions, worsening the living conditions of the population. According to the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), as of September 2022, Mali accounts for 440,436 internally displaced persons (IDPs) mainly in the regions of Mopti and Timbuktu.
The precarious environment has also led to spontaneous movements of vulnerable groups who have lost their livelihoods. Most of the IDPs live in crowded host families and communities or temporary informal sites, lacking access to basic services. Based on multisectoral assessments conducted in August 2022, the needs identified by the IDPs themselves are food (97%), shelter and non-food items (58%), drinking water (39%), and sanitation (24%). Rainfall was particularly intense during 2022 causing flooding and destruction of houses affecting 30,638 people, particularly in the localities located in the inland delta of the Niger river.
On the security front, unidentified armed groups are increasingly carrying out violent and deadly attacks on civilians, often taking advantage of existing inter- and intra-community conflicts to force people to abandon their territories.
Security remains the priority of the transitional authorities and there has been an increase in military operations in the North and Central regions, often involving human rights violations and humanitarian access restrictions.
Additionally, there is an important inflow of migrants transiting through Mali that are at high risk to experience exploitation and abuse through their migratory journey. From January to November 2022, a total of 498,000 migrants arrived to or departed from Mali. Mali has a particular geopolitical and migration context in light of its proximity to neighbouring unstable areas in the region; an environment highly sensitive to climate change and disruptions to food security; historic migration routes and pull factors towards North Africa and beyond, which creates specific protection concerns. Vulnerable populations in Mali are at a particular risk of violence, exploitation and abuse relating to recruitment into armed groups, GBV, violence against children, and dangerous journeys within and beyond borders in search of economic and/or food security. IOM will continue to work with the Malian authorities and all other humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors to provide multisectoral assistance to the most vulnerable, including women, girls and other people with special needs.