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Displacement Tracking Matrix - Regional Snapshot - Middle East & North Africa: Quarterly Report July 1 - September 30, 2021 - Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Yemen

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The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) provides primary data and information on internal displacement and population movements incountry and at regional and global levels. DTM’s work worldwide informs humanitarian, recovery and transition interventions by providing timely data and analysis to relevant actors including governments, United Nations (UN) partner agencies, donors and other stakeholders. DTM operates in contexts of conflict, natural disasters and complex emergency settings that cause shortterm or protracted displacement and in mixed migration contexts.

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the 2021 Report of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre - Global Internal Displacement Database (IDMC-GRID) recorded 14.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 2.9 million newly displaced in 2020. This figure constitutes 27 per cent of the global population of internally displaced persons (IDPs), making MENA the region with the highest concentration of IDPs worldwide.

In MENA, DTM is active in five countries and operates through the humanitarian coordination structure of these countries. This Quarterly Report provides an update on the displacement situation in the four countries of the region Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, as well as mixed migration flows to and from the region1 .

During the third quarter of 2021, DTM data show a downward trend of IDP numbers in Iraq, Libya and Yemen. In Sudan, existing and newly erupted inter-communal conflict as well as natural disasters (flooding) exacerbated the displacement situation.

Below is a summary of contextual factors for the displacement and return trends for each country:

• In Iraq, 55,000 additional IDP returns were recorded during the two-month period (August–September), a higher number than that recorded (18,000) during the previous three-month period (May–July).
This difference is because data that was inaccessible in some locations in the earlier round were included in this latest round.

• In Libya, the political situation remained stable, as has been the case since the peace process began in late 2020. Therefore, the number of IDPs, like in the previous quarter, continued to decrease as no mass displacement movements were recorded during this quarter, whereas the number of IDPs returning to their places of origin increased, mainly in Benghazi, Tripoli and Aljfara regions.

• In Sudan, the conflict observed since the beginning of 2021 continued to intensify.
Several new inter-communal clashes have displaced at least 60,000 people in Darfur and Kordofan region. Additionally, during this quarter, more than 16,000 people were displaced by heavy rain and flooding.

• In Yemen, continued hostilities intensified in early September and resulted in a sudden spike of displacement across 13 governorates, including Ma’rib, Al Hodeidah and Al Bayda.
In addition, the heavy rain and flooding since early July have impacted 13,000 families, in particular Hajjah, Ma'rib, Sana’a, and Ta’iz governorates.