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CONTEXT
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Internally displaced population in Montepuez District has increased from 79,428 to 80,911, between November 2022 to April 2023 (DTM-IOM), Montepuez being one of the few districts in which the number of IDPs has increased in the same period.
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Montepuez District experienced an attack by non-state armed groups (NSAGs) on February 4th 2023, forcing families to flee to neighboring sites. The vast majority of the IDPs in Montepuez are originally displaced from Moçimboa da Praia.
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On April 12th 2023, the District of Montepuez informed the temporary suspension of emergency humanitarian distributions in the district. One week later, they informed of the dissolution of IDP sites leadership.
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Protection Cluster partners expressed concerns regarding the absence of community engagement prior to these decisions, the potential to exacerbate harmful coping mechanisms and encouraging IDPs to return without the provision of information, among other key messages.
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CCCM partners have since been advocating for the restructuring of governance of IDP resettlement site to be participative and ensure IDP representation in the new structures.
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District authorities allowed the resumption of distributions to vulnerable households on a case-by-case assessment in May 2023, with WFP distributing food based on the vulnerability-based targeting for both IDPs and host communities.
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District authorities keep advocating for the end, through a progressive transition, of emergency humanitarian support to sustainable programming supporting local integration, that would benefit both the IDPs and host communities.
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The Protection Cluster presents, through this report, the results of a coordinated community consultation on intentions and durable solutions to understand coping strategies as well as preferred solutions for IDPs on return, relocation or on local integration in the current location. In total, 24 FGDs with 326 IDPs were conducted, 22 key informants were interviewed and 747 HHs were surveyed.