IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has become an increasingly important source of
data for us. In some countries, such as Iraq, we have collaborated with IOM in designing the
DTM questionnaire and methodology. Even when this does not happen, it is the tool used
to collect much of the data we analyse, even when we obtain it from another source (see
figure 3.4). For example, in the DRC we obtain conflict-related displacement data from the
Commission Mouvements de Population (CMP), who in turn relies on the DTM for part of its
data collection. The same is true for Burundi, CAR, Mali, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and several
other countries.
Dem. Rep. Congo
Figure 3.4: New displacements by conflict by data source
Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
Nigeria
India
DATA COLLECTION SUPPORTED BY IOM
UN (INCLUDING IOM, UNHCR, OCHA, ETC.)
DATA COLLECTED DIRECTLY BY IOM
CLUSTER OR CONSORTIUM
NATIONAL AUTHORITY
IOM NOT INVOLVED IN DATA COLLECTION
OTHER (INCLUDING NGOS, ACADEMIA, ETC.)
MEDIA
Source: IDMC, with IOM data
Yemen
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Philippines
El Salvador
Turkey
Colombia
Niger
Libya
Somalia
Ukraine
Sudan
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Myanmar
Congo
Mexico
Uganda
Burundi
Honduras
Mozambique
Mali
Guatemala
Algeria
Pakistan
Palestine
Burkina Faso
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Lebanon
In the context of disasters, we rely less on IOM’s DTM and work more closely with national
authorities who collect data and report on events (see figure 3.5). Some notable exceptions
include Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013 and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, for each
of which IOM collected time-series data over a period of several years. The DTM has played a
contributing role even when we receive data from government authorities. For example, the
data-collection system used by the Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development
was based on the DTM and set up with support from IOM.
Figure 3.5: New displacements by disasters by data source
China
Philippines
NATIONAL AUTHORITY
India
IOM NOT INVOLVED IN DATA COLLECTION
Cuba
Indonesia
United States
Japan
OTHER (INCLUDING NGOS, ACADEMIA, ETC.)
DATA COLLECTION SUPPORTED BY IOM
DATA COLLECTED DIRECTLY BY IOM
Source: IDMC, with IOM data
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GRID
2017
UN (INCLUDING IOM, UNHCR, OCHA, ETC.)
MEDIA
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Ethiopia
Ecuador
Haiti
Sudan
Dem. People's Rep. Korea
Canada
Israel
Fiji
Dem. Rep. Congo
Thailand
Madagascar
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