DRC - Baseline Assessment - M23 Crisis 5 - June 2023

Although the intensity of the conflict has decreased since active negotiations, especially in March 2023, the province still faces the devastating human and financial costs of this complex and prolonged crisis. The affected territories and those controlled by rebel groups remain one of the most challenging environments for humanitarian operations, with deteriorating infrastructure, limited access in controlled areas, relatively heavy rains that also create access problems, and armed groups still present and active in different parts of the territory. This situation has resulted in prolonged displacements, intermittent movements due to pockets of conflict, persistent protection issues, and a lack of livelihoods and access to basic services for displaced people living in difficult conditions, both in sites and host communities.

Since the beginning of the crisis, IOM, through its DTM, has conducted a series of rapid assessments, including emergency monitoring, crisis analysis, and registration, with a priority to meet immediate information needs to understand displacement dynamics and the resulting needs. This dataset presents the results of the assessments conducted in different displacement and return areas between June 17 and June 25, 2023.