Haiti - Social : Significant decrease of the IDPs in the last quarter
The latest quarterly Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) for Haiti, of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), shows that three and a half years after the earthquake of January 2010, an estimated 278,945 individuals (or about 70,910 households) remain in 352 IDP sites. It is estimated that 70,634 IDPs (15,375 households) live in large informal settlements such as Canaan, Jerusalem and Onaville as well as in T-Shelter sites. Discussions are underway with stakeholders to determine if these should remain in the caseload of IDPs.
ompared to 2010, this represents a decrease of about 82% and 80% in overall IDP population and 77% in overall number of camps.
41,106 IDP individuals (10,439 IDP households) left camps in the quarter under observation, indicating a 13% decrease. Such a high rate of decrease was last observed in April 2012 and almost doubles the 8% decrease observed in the previous period. Meanwhile a decrease of 33 sites is observed during the same reporting period.
Return programs are responsible for the entire decrease in closed camps in most of the communes, and they are the main factor contributing to the ongoing departure of IDPs from open sites ; they contributed to the relocation of 9,348 of 10,439 IDP household, or the highest ever observed.
