MRP 2023 Mid-Year Review January - June 2023
The Regional Migrant Response Plan (MRP) partners observed continued outflows between January and June 2023, along the Eastern Route, with 71,824 departing migrants recorded from Ethiopia into Djibouti and 8,830 migrants into Somalia.
Furthermore, 77,130 migrants were observed arriving in Yemen, of which 81 per cent departed from Djibouti and 19 per cent from Somalia1. According to the research conducted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Regional Data Hub (RDH) surveying 814 migrants exiting Ethiopia in June 2023, the top three drivers of irregular migration included economic reasons (80%), conflict (8%), and climate change and environmental factors (7%).
MRP 2023 Mid-Year Review January - June 2023
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