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During the reporting period a total of 54,960 movements were recorded and 3,379 migrants were interviewed across 38 Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) in Zimbabwe. The total movements recorded decreased by 12% compared to the previous month. Sixty-two per cent of movements observed were inflows, whilst 38% were outflows. The top three sending districts were Beitbridge (40%), Harare (14%) and Chiredzi (9%), whilst the top three receiving districts were Harare (32%), Beitbridge (14%) and Bulawayo (11%). Matabelel and South province recorded the highest number of outflows (45%) whilst Harare province recorded the highest number of inflows (32%).
The South Africa-Zimbabwe corridor recorded the highest movement of 42,754 (78%) followed by the Zambia-Zimbabwe corridor which recorded 7,454 (14%) movements. Fifty-two per cent of movements along the South Africa-Zimbabwe corridor were short-term movements, 24% were long term movements whilst 19% were for family reunification. Of the migrants travelling from South Africa, 23% travelled to Harare, 20% to Beitbridge and 12% were headed to Bulawayo. The Zambia-Zimbabwe corridor consisted of 55% short-term movements, 22% long-term movements and 22% family reunification movements. Of the migrants travelling from Zambia, 64% were travelling to Harare, 12% to Hurungwe and 9% to Bulawayo.
Migrants travelling from Matabelel and South highlighted Limpopo, South Africa (64%), and Gauteng, South Africa (22%) as their intended destination. Those travelling to Botswana indicated Central (4%) as their intended destination. Of the incoming migrants travelling to Harare, 46% were travelling from Lusaka (Zambia), 21% from Gauteng (South Africa), and 10% from Eastern Cape (South Africa).
Source link : https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/flow-monitoring-report-iom-zimbabwe-february-2024
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Publish date : 2024-03-19 07:00:00
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