About this report: DTM in the Mediterranean and beyond
In October 2015, IOM launched its Early Warning Information Sharing Network to commence sharing data between IOM, government agencies, and other humanitarian actors in affected countries of arrival and transit. IOM seeks to identify vulnerabilities and needs among the mobile population to inform all concerned parties about the type of assistance required. The information provided by IOM seeks to inform national authorities and partners in their daily work to enable a better targeted response.
To enable this information sharing, IOM is utilizing its Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), a suite of tools and methodologies designed to track and analyse human mobility in different displacement contexts, in a continuous manner. A Flow Monitoring System was set up to provide a better understanding of mixed migration flows across the Central Mediterranean and Western Balkans routes. This includes flow monitoring surveys to capture additional and more in-depth data on the people on the move, including age, sex, areas of origin, levels of education, key transit points on their route, motives, and intentions. This data has been captured by IOM field staff in Croatia since October 2015, with survey more recently also covering Greece, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM), and Slovenia. As of 13 January 2016 IOM had interviewed over 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers.
This weekly situation report provides an overview of migration flows in countries of first arrival and “transit countries” in Europe and analysis of trends across the affected region. The data on registered arrivals is collated by IOM through consultations with ministries of interior, coast guards, police forces, and other relevant national authorities. Thus, numbers of entrants who evaded detection at the borders or entered countries on student, tourist, or work visas, are not captured. Flow monitoring data has been collected by IOM field staff and is analysed in section __. This week’s Sitrep triangulates flow monitoring data collected on Syrians in the EU and the Balkans with IOM DTM data collection undertaken with key informants in Syria. The resulting analysis corroborates trends identified in the country of origin with those identified along the migratory route, thereby assembling a comprehensive picture of migration out of Syria.