iom yemen covid-19 response update · 2021. 2. 3. · amran hajjah dhamar taizz ibb al bayda lahj...
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155 MILLION USD
5 MILLION People
2020
IOM Yemen Consolidated Appeal1
29 NOVEMBER-12 DECEMBER 2020COVID-19 RESPONSE UPDATEIOM YEMEN
A migrant stands in the informal settlement in Marib where he and other migrants are living in tents and makeshift shelters © IOM 2020
SITUATION OVERVIEW
IOM and partners are preparing for a second wave of COVID-19 in Yemen, as winter and influenza season approach. Already, the limited testing, surveillance and reporting on the virus has meant that information on its spread since March is not fully known. For the anticipated second wave in the months to come, priorities are centred around increasing surveillance and testing, risk communication and community engagement and securing critical supplies. Of importance will be encouraging behavioral changes aimed at reducing community level transmission. The COVID-19 response, however, is challenged by access issues in some areas as well as the fuel, funding and economic downturns that Yemen is experiencing. UN projections point to a challenging period in the months to come, with recent analyses indicating that for the first time in two years, 13.5 million Yemeni’s facing food insecurity, including 16,500 people living in famine like conditions.2. As of 03 October 2020
1. April to December 2020
1,383 Reported Recovered 606 Reported Deaths2 11.84K Tests Conducted2,081 Reported Cases
RETURN SUPPORTHEALTH CARESERVICES
3,800 7,556 MIGRANTS REGISTERED FOR VHR
PEOPLE PROVIDED WITH HEALTH SERVICES
MIGRANTASSISTANCE
3,654 MIGRANTS RECEIVED AID ITEMS
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the local authorities in Yemen declared a nationwide health emergency and introduced movement restrictions along key transit and border points. Yemeni authorities had put additional preventive measures and health screenings for people passing through ten transit points used for public movement between southern and northern governorates, specifically at points located in Taizz and Al Bayda. Recently, these restrictions have been loosened and the health screenings have been stopped. For Yemeni returnees from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through the Al Wadea border entry point, providing a COVID-19 Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test report is mandatory by the Yemeni authorities. Authorities at Al Wadea entry point have installed a PCR testing facility at the entry point for travelers who arrive without a PCR test report.
Since 01 December, IOM teams have recorded 491 displacements across 13 governorates in Yemen. In total, 28,207 household displacements have been recorded since the start of the year. Displacements have been largely driven by conflict in Marib, Al Hudaydah and Taizz, as people flee fighting to safer areas. Although 10,000 COVID-19 related household displacements were recorded as of August, no additional households have since cited COVID-19 as a reason for moving.
COVID-19 & DISPLACEMENT
Reasons for Displacement Top 5 Needs of IDPs Displacement to same or other Governorate or District of Origin
HADRAMAUT
SHABWAH
AL JAWF
SA'ADA
AMANAT ALASIMAH
AMRANHAJJAH
DHAMAR
TAIZZ
IBB
AL BAYDA
LAHJ
ADEN
ABYAN
SANA’A
AL HUDAYDAH
RAYMAH
AL MAHWIT
AL DHALE'E
SOCOTRA
AL MAHARAH
MARIB
ABYAN
LEGEND*
Uno�cial Border Points
COVID-19 cases reported
Sea Border PointAir Port
Land Border Point Internal Transit Point
1,000 300 200 100 50
1,385Displacements in November
27,716 HHS Displaced in 2020
DISPLACEMENT DATA 2020
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KEY TRENDS
1. Significant reduction in the number of new arrivals in Yemen
2. Increase in barriers to movement resulting in static migrant populations
3. Reduction in available work and other coping mechanisms as well as limited access to health care
4. Increase in stigmatization and harassment
5. Arrests, detention and forced relocations
6. Unsafe return of migrants to Horn of Africa aided by smugglers
This year has seen a significant decline in migrant arrivals into Yemen, while the situation for those stranded in the country has progressively worsened. Barriers to movement brought on by the pandemic, along with constrained local resources due to the deteriorating economy, has meant that at least 14,500 migrants intending to transit through the country while en route to the KSA are stranded with limited access to services. Traditional coping mechanisms have continued to erode, and IOM and partners are responding to the needs of larger groups of vulnerable static migrant populations, particularly in Marib and Aden. Migrants continue to face challenges accessing basic services and health care, with very little sources of income and support from local communities. The protection risks they face have also become more pronounced amidst anti-migrant policies like detention and forced transfers between governorates and reliance on smugglers.
Because of these challenges, more and more migrants are seeking to return home. This is challenging now more than ever due to the impact COVD-19 has had on movement. IOM continues to work with partners to provide safe return solutions. In Aden, since October, IOM has registered over 3,800 migrant applicants for its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) programme. Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and immigration officials from the Government of Ethiopia arrived in Aden on 30 November to verify the nationality of this vulnerable caseload. In total, 1,160 Ethiopian migrants have been verified and the Ethiopian government has committed to issuing travel documents as soon as possible (additional verifications are planned for 2021). With this progress, VHR flights will resume by January 2021, providing lifesaving and safe opportunities for return. In the interim, a cash for work cleaning campaign is engaging 1,200 migrants in Aden city, and IOM will expand this initiative to support host community members.
MIGRATION CHALLENGES
A migrant takes part in a cleaning campaign in Aden city, which is part of an IOM cash for work project © IOM 2020
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1. COVID-19 should not be exploited to instrumentalize national security priorities like migrant encampment, detention, forced relocation or deportation
2. Migrants in detention should be released
3. Voluntary Humanitarian Return flights should be resumed as an immediate measure to address the life-threatening conditions migrants are facing and the dangers when attempting the journey back to the Horn of Africa facilitated by smugglers
4. Stranded migrants must be given safe passage and protection
5. Humanitarians must be granted unconditional access to all populations in need
6. Rhetoric blaming the COVID-19 outbreak on migrants must end
IOM YEMEN’S KEY ASKS
LAHJ
ADEN
AL HUDAYDAH
LEGEND
Stranded migrants
Incidents against migrants
Active migrant routes
Inactive migrant routes
MARIB
Al JAWF
Migrants forcibly moved from other governorates, stranded and seeking assistance
Migrants forcibly moved from other governorates, stranded and seeking assistance
Migrants forcibly moved from other governorates, stranded and seeking assistance
Deaths at sea
Arrests and forced movements to other governoratesIncidents of violence against migrants
YEMEN
SAUDI ARABIA
SOMALIAETHIOPIA
DJIBOUTI
SA'ADADetention of migrants
Arrest, detention and forced movement to southern governorates
AMANATAL ASIMAH
Violence against migrantsForced movement to other governorates
Detention of migrants
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MIGRATION
MIGRANT ARRIVALS IN 2019 & 2020
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
NovOctSepAugJulJunMayAprMarFebJan
6,589ARRIVALS
1,340 ARRIVALS
2020
2019
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IOM’S RESPONSEBeginning in March, IOM scaled up COVID-19 preparedness and response activities to meet the needs of mobile populations – displaced persons and migrants – and the communities hosting them. IOM’s multi-sectoral humanitarian activities, including COVID-19 activities, are ongoing through eight mobile health and protection teams and 17 health facilities across the country and in 60 IDP hosting sites.
RESPONSE TARGETS
HADRAMAUT
AL MAHARAH
SHABWAH
AL JAWFSA'ADA
AMRAN
HAJJAH
DHAMAR
TAIZZ
IBB
AL BAYDALAHJADEN
ABYAN
AMANAT AL ASIMAH
AL HUDAYDAH
RAYMAH
AL MAHWIT
AL DHALE'E
MARIB
SOCOTRACOMMUNICABLE DISEASE VULNERABILITY SCORE PER DISTRICT*
Critical Vulnerability Severe Vulnerability Major Vulnerability
No IDP Hosting sites Minimal and Minor Vulnerability
Signi�cant VulnerabilityModerate Vulnerability
* Yemen CCCM Cluster
LEGEND
IOM Head O�ce IOM Sub-O�ce
IOM SUPPORTED HEALTH FACILITIES AND IDP HOSTING SITES BY GOVERNORATE
Primary Healthcare Centres District Hospital Mobile Medical/Outreach Teams IDP Hosting Sites Migrants Sites
AL BAYDA
AMANAT AL ASIMAH
1
1
SA'ADA 1
2
1
2 2
1
MARIB
ADEN
1AL JAWF 1
3 6
1 1
28
1TAIZZ
SHABWAH 3 3
LAHJ 1 1
3
1
5 2 7
33
12
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IOM hosts a CCCM training for camp management in Marib, which included sessions related to COVID-19 © IOM 2020
IOM is providing water, either through water trucking, vouchers, supplying family tanks and water points in more than 55 sites in Ibb, Marib and Taizz, reaching 86,619 people. During the reporting period, IOM distributed 1,872 pieces of soap and 9,972 long lasting insecticide nets in Aden and Taizz, and 3,600 hygiene kits in Aden, Abyan and Taizz.
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (IPC)
IOM is providing medical supplies and human resource support in 17 health facilities across Al Jawf, Aden, Sada’a, Al Baydah, Amanat Al Asimah, Lahj, Marib, and Shabwah governorates. Through eight mobile health teams, IOM is also providing access to emergency health assistance in displacement sites and along migratory routes in Aden, Lahj and Marib. During the reporting period, 7,566 people received access to health services.
Moreover, IOM trained 151 health workers and laboratory technicians on the use of National Anti-Malarial Drug (AMDs) Policy and Treatment Guidelines for severe malaria cases at targeted health facilities (HFs). Additionally, the delivery of furniture and equipment for the newly completed Al Marda’a quarantine centre in Marib is ongoing. The centre will be handed over to the Governorate Health Office in the coming weeks.
CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONTINUITY OF SERVICES
Through IOM Migrant and Community Response Points and mobile teams, 3,654 migrants in Aden and Sana’a received aid and hygiene Items as well as emergency food assistance. In Aden, 3,800 migrants have been registered for VHR, and 1,200 of them are participating in cash for work activities.
PROTECTION
IOM held a training on COVID-19 prevention measures for 27 care givers, who support IDPs with vulnerabilities in IOM supported sites in Marib City.
CAMP COORDINATION & CAMP MANAGEMENT (CCCM
IOM continues to roll out various income generation and livelihood provision initiatives through cash for work, vocational training and small grants assistance projects. During the reporting period, 351 beneficiaries benefited from a cash for work cleaning campaign, and cleaning equipment was donated to the Hadramaut Cleaning Fund. Also, in Hadramout, 20 displaced women received sewing machines following vocational trainings on sewing. Stakeholder consultations in Marib city, Marib Alwadi, Sirwah, Al Juba and Harib districts to identify priority service improvement projects like health facilities and WASH infrastructure were also completed.
ADDRESSING SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
IOM YEMEN
IOM YEMEN’S RESPONSE IS SUPPORTED BY
RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (RCCE)
85,894 PEOPLE REACHED
ADEN
AMANATAL ASIMAH
SANA’A
LEGEND
LAHJ
AL BAYDA
SHABWAH
MARIB
TAIZZ
IBB
AL JAWF
HADRAMOUT
SADA’A
RCCE Target Governorates
Soap distributions
Hygiene kit distributions
A child carries water from an IOM tank to his shelter in a displacement site, established this year as a result of mass displacement© IOM 2020