Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Briefing on the IOM Emergency Response to the Libya Crisis in Chad to Libya Crisis in Chad to the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) the United Nations (UN) & African Union (AU) Interagency Assessment Mission on Interagency Assessment Mission on the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, the Impact of the Libya Crisis to the Sahel Region, N’Djamena, 15 December 2011. N’Djamena, 15 December 2011. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 1 FOR MIGRATION
Outline I. Background I. Background II. Emergency Response II. Emergency Response III. Impact of the Crisis III. Impact of the Crisis IV. Challenges & Needs IV. Challenges & Needs V. Recommendations V. Recommendations INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 2 FOR MIGRATION
I. Background INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 3 FOR MIGRATION
I. Background General Information. Population: 10.146.000 (75% are in Rural Areas) Size: 1.284.000 km2 (Population density = 0.1 person/km2) HDI: 0.295 (Worldwide Ranking 183) Current Dynamics. 1) Food Insecurity; 2) Epidemics i.e. Cholera, Polio, Guinea Worm; 3) Refugees, IDP’s & Returnees from Libya and 4) Chad is considered as a Fragile State. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 4 FOR MIGRATION
II. Humanitarian Response • Since March 2011, IOM Chad has received almost 90.000 Chadian Returnees and other Third Country Nationals (TCNs) from Libya; • IOM received Chadian Migrants on board of 212 Flights from Egypt and Tunisia (this figure includes 10 flights from Faya to Abeche and N’Djamena) in Chad; • IOM evacuated Chadian Returnees and Sub ‐ Saharan African Migrants from Sabha (South Libya) to Chad on board of 45 trucks (with an average of 106 passengers per truck) and • IOM organized almost 200 trucks from Transit Centers to Final Destinations in Chad. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 5 FOR MIGRATION
II. Humanitarian Response • To date, IOM set up 5 Transit Centers in Paris ‐ Congo, Harazai (N’Djamena), Abeche, Kalait and Faya and 5 Way Stations in Zouarke, Ounianga, Mao, Nokou and Salal; • Assistance Provided to Migrants consisted of Temporary Shelter, Profiling and Registration, Protection Services, Food Items (FIs), Non Food Items (NFIs), Water and Sanitation (WASH) Services, Health Services including Psychosocial Care, Pre ‐ departure Medical Screening and Treatment, Medical Referral, Medical Evacuations, Medical Escorts, Emergency Rescue Trucks, Onward Transportation of Migrants to Final Destinations inside or outside (for TCNs) Chad. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 6 FOR MIGRATION
II. Humanitarian Response Fig. 1. Influx of Chadian Returnees and TCNs per Month (as of December 2012) 30000 27681 26655 25000 23626 20000 Tracked Registered 15000 Assisted 14068 12034 11964 10000 9830 6929 6700 6182 5512 5000 4952 2880 1783 3351 2562 3066 666 752 2228 1941 1783 666 1707 1007 521 1241 2033 0 1140 339 March April May June July August September October November 40889 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 7 FOR MIGRATION
III. Impact of the Crisis • Loss of remittances with negative socioeconomic impact at family, community, national and regional levels; • Loss of savings, livelihood and housing in Libya; • Lack of access to judicial processes to claim losses as most of Chadian migrants travelled and were irregular in Libya; • Lack of job opportunities upon return (See Figure 3); • Rising social tensions in communities facing food insecurities, cyclic shocks and epidemics; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 8 FOR MIGRATION
III. Impact of the Crisis • Lack of psychosocial support system for traumatized returnees; • Increased strain on medical and educational infrastructure in areas of high return; • Remigration to Libya currently not an option (See Figure 2); • Concerns over stability of security due to returning unemployed young men without economic prospects in communities; • Lack of housing for migrants who overstayed in Libya and • Difficulties in reunification of separated families. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 9 FOR MIGRATION
III. Impact of the Crisis Fig. 2. Migrants Intentions to Remain in Chad upon Arrival. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 10 FOR MIGRATION
III. Impact of the Crisis Fig. 3. Intended Activities to be Pursued by Migrants upon Arrival. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 11 FOR MIGRATION
III. Impact of the Crisis Fig. 4. Education Level of Returnees. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 12 FOR MIGRATION
IV. Needs and Challenges • Very week or inexistent infrastructure at the Entry Points in Chad (Zouarke and Ounianga) i.e. roads, electricity, water, communication; • Some of the Entry Points, Operation Areas and Routes are close to mine fields between Chad and Libya, • Frequent presence of Drug Traffickers along the main route to Chad (Niger desert) and • No other Humanitarian Actors are present in Northern Chad. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 13 FOR MIGRATION
V. Recommendations • Psychosocial, Economic and Community Stabilization support in Areas of High Return to increase the social cohesion between Returnees and Host Communities; • Support to Educational and Health in Areas of High Return; • Support to Government on Border Management and Control; • Support to Government on Counter Irregular Migration and • Support to Government to improve the Security Sector. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 14 FOR MIGRATION
Thank you! INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 15 FOR MIGRATION
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