South Sudan Displacement - [IDPs, Returnees] - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM]

IOM DTM has mapped a total of 1,710,966 (that includes 6% previously displaced abroad) and 1,734,329 returnees (that includes 34% from abroad) in 3,038 locations across South Sudan as of December 2020.

Dateset contains data on IDPs and returnees at state, county, payam and location level disaggregated by IDPs previously displaced abroad, IDPs not previously displaced abroad, returnees previously displaced abroad and returnees from within South Sudan.

In round six, DTM mapped the presence of 1,465,542 IDPs displaced since 2014, representing a slight increase (3.2%) since round five Further, DTM mapped 1,271,487 returnees of whom 30 per cent had previously been displaced abroad. Since round five, the number of returnees has increased by 7.4%.

DTM mapped the presence of 1,420,189 persons internally displaced since 2014 and 1,183,683 individuals returned since 2016.

In this second round, the IOM DTM covered a total of 225 payams in 46 counties located across 8 states. This report specifically focuses on returnees and IDP population in Kapoeta South County, where data collection covered 17 bomas in 5 payams, from April – June, 2018. Mobility tracking captured a total of 2,884 IDPs (866 households) and 589 returnees (154 households). Additionally, 266 individuals (52 households) were documented as having relocated to teh area, and the host community is estimated to include 32,130 persons (9,257 households).