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During the reporting period a total of 62,339 movements were recorded and 3,811 migrants were interviewed across 38 Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) in Zimbabwe. The total movements recorded decreased by 43% compared to the previous month. Sixty per cent of movements observed were inflows, whilst 40% were outflows. The top three sending districts were Beitbridge (41%), Harare (15%) and Chiredzi (10%), whilst the top three receiving districts were Harare (36%), Beitbridge (13%) and Bulawayo (9%). Matabeleland South province recorded the highest number of outflows (46%) whilst Harare province recorded the highest number of inflows (36%).
The South Africa-Zimbabwe corridor recorded the highest movement of 49,574 (80%) followed by the Zambia-Zimbabwe corridor which recorded 7,975 (13%) movements. Forty-nine per cent of movements along the South Africa-Zimbabwe corridor were short-term movements, 28% were long term movements whilst 17% were for family reunification. Of the migrants travelling from South Africa, 30% travelled to Harare, 19% to Beitbridge and 11% were headed to Bulawayo.
The Zambia-Zimbabwe corridor consisted of 58% short-term movements, 21% long-term movements and 20% family reunification movements. Of the migrants travelling from Zambia, 64% were travelling to Harare, 14% to Hurungwe and 7% to Gweru.
Migrants travelling from Matabeleland South highlighted Limpopo, South Africa (51%), and Gauteng, South Africa (37%) as their intended destination. Those travelling to Botswana indicated Francistown (3%) as their intended destination. Of the incoming migrants travelling to Harare, 33% were travelling from Lusaka (Zambia), 28% from Gauteng (South Africa), and 14% from Eastern Cape (South Africa).
Source link : https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/flow-monitoring-report-iom-zimbabwe-january-2024
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Publish date : 2024-02-20 08:00:00
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