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Djibouti - Flow Monitoring Dashboard – Reporting period : 1 - 31 October 2020

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During the month of October 2020, 7,223 movements were observed at flow monitoring points in Djibouti representing a daily average of 249 movements. This is a decrease of 1% in comparison of the 251 daily average movements observed in September.

Of these 7,223 movements, 27% were observed at Obock; this coastal region of Djibouti is used by migrants traveling to the Arab Peninsula, crossing the Gulf of Aden on boats along the Eastern Route.
From January to June, the number of entries from Djibouti's western borders decreased by 99% due to the closure of Ethiopian borders. Since Djibouti and Ethiopia resumed land services in July, the number of entries from Ethiopia have increased sharply; they went from 504 movements observed in July to 2,350 in October 2020.

Meanwhile, due to the COVID-19 movement restrictions in Yemen and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, more than 4,241 Ethiopians arrived to Djibouti since May.
Between May and October, the number of arrivals from Yemen increased almost tenfold, from 109 in May to 1,019 in October 2020.