Highlights
The ninth round of DTM assessment was conducted from 4 to 12 April 2016. 2,155,618 IDPs were identified across 13 states. Biometric registration continued in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
IOM started the construction of 200 shelters for the displaced population at Bakassi Camp to support the ongoing voluntary relocations of IDPs sheltered in schools in Maiduguri, Borno State.
IOM organized a roundtable on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Borno with 22 participants in order to build consensus on what needs to be done to improve services within the humanitarian response.
Situation Overview
The Northeastern part of Nigeria witnessed an increase in violence since the beginning of 2014, causing a major humanitarian crisis. More than two million individuals have been displaced as a consequence of the intensification of attacks by Boko Haram, as well as the counter-insurgency activities of the Nigerian Government, with the highest number of displacements taking place in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. More than two years after the crisis began, and despite the fact that some IDPs have started to return home, the situation on the ground remains dire and most of the affected populations have yet to receive humanitarian assistance.
IOM is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and works in four broad areas of migration management in Nigeria: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and addressing forced migration. Following the humanitarian crisis in North East Nigeria, IOM expanded the scope of its activities in 2014 to respond to the needs of IDPs arising from the insurgency and counter-insurgency activities that continue to affect the country. IOM emergency programs focus on three areas: Displacement Tracking Matrix(DTM), Psychosocial support and community mobilization, and direct assistance. In addition, as the co-lead of the ES/NFI and CCCM working groups, IOM is providing support to the authorities in advocating and mobilizing resources for the mentioned sectorsand is coordinating life-saving assistance in camps, camp-like sites and host communities.