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This summary presents the findings of the second round of area assessment (Mobility Tracking) undertaken by IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix in its new format to establish a new baseline on the number of Internally Displaced persons (IDPs), IDP returnees and migrants in Yemen.
Findings are currently limited to the country’s south controlled by the internationally recognized government (IRG). Data was collected by 255 enumerators through an extensive network of Key Informants (KIs) within the operational area. In the Yemen context, the practice for field teams is to select KI representatives of both the host and target communities while adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence.
This ensures that the selected KIs are the most relevant and appropriate individuals to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise. This round 5,289 KIs were interviewed to collect the data. Among the main outputs of the sub-area assessment, is a list of locations where IDPs, IDP returnees and/or migrants are present that can be used to inform more detailed assessments at the location level. DTM field staff, along with KIs, use the sub-area assessment tool to capture locations at the sub-area level. IOM covered 4,293 locations (villages, neighbourhoods, or displacement sites) assessing three population groups: IDPs, IDP returnees, and migrants.
Using a standardized and structured approach to the selection of KIs is a key step to ensuring that data collected in the sub-area assessment is comprehensive and comparable across the different teams. The sub-area assessment tool is used to verify and update the baseline information in regular intervals (rounds). Deployed DTM staff, called enumerators, are in regular communication with their KI network throughout each month and work continuously to maintain and expand this network to further triangulate the displacement statistics collected. IOM DTM implemented round 40 area assessment in coordination with Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC), the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), and Executive Unit for IDPs camps management (ExU) in 13 governorates under the IRG. The number of migrants indicated in this report represents a snapshot in time for a transient population located in areas data collection teams could access.