The Human Mobility Tracking Matrix (DTM) is an IOM methodology that collects and analyzes data to disseminate information on the mobility, vulnerabilities and needs of populations and enable decision-makers to better provide these populations with situation-specific assistance.
DTM is a very flexible tool that is implemented through technological solutions to generate information quickly.
In this section you will find available all the studies with the DTM methodology that the IOM has implemented in the countries of Northern Central America.
DTM municipal profiles Guatemala 2021
Colotenango:
The municipality of Colotenango is located in Huehuetenango, a department bordering Mexico. In 16 percent of the total households in the municipality, someone has migrated from 2002 to 2018, with an increasing trend since 2013, according to the most recent national census. From 2018 to 2020, a total of 2,703 migrants have forcibly returned to Colotenango, Huehuetenango, according to data from the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM). The Household Survey on Human Mobility in Colotenango, Huehuetenango seeks to generate information on households in relation to human mobility and living conditions, in order to guide the actions of key actors in this municipality.
Santa Barbara:
The municipality of Santa Barbara is located in Huehuetenango, a department bordering Mexico. In 15 percent of the total households in the municipality, someone has migrated from 2002 to 2018, with an increasing trend since 2013, according to the most recent national census. From 2018 to 2020, a total of 1,216 migrants have forcibly returned to Santa Bárbara, Huehuetenango, according to data from the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM). The Household Survey on Human Mobility in Santa Bárbara, Huehuetenango seeks to generate information on households in relation to human mobility and living conditions, in order to guide the actions of key actors in this municipality.
DTM storms 2021 Guatemala
Five months after the storms, livelihood actions for affected families are a priority, especially in departments that were hard hit, such as Alta Verapaz and Huehuetenango. In light of this, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with the support of Project Concern International (PCI) and the municipality of San Cristobal Verapaz, conducted a household livelihoods survey of families displaced by storms Eta and Iota from March 18-24, 2021. Seven communities were selected in three prioritized municipalities that were affected by the storms and where there are still displaced people, according to information shared by key stakeholders. The prioritized municipalities were San Cristóbal Verapaz (Alta Verapaz), Chiantla (Huehuetenango) and Cuilco (Huehuetenango).
DTM dry runner Honduras 2021
As part of the United Nations System response, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), developed this Vulnerability and Drought Household Survey, with the objective of generating information on the conditions of vulnerable populations in communities that are part of the Honduran Dry Corridor, within the framework of the CERF project, to inform key actors and support response actions.
DTM COVID-19 Guatemala
As part of the UN Country Team’s inter-agency response and in coordination with the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM), the IOM, with the support of various projects and donors, has provided each returnee who complies with the period established by the authorities with a family pantry that includes various items. However, it is clear that this is not enough and that the development of programs to support the restitution of their livelihoods is fundamental to achieve a reintegration that guarantees human development. In light of this, IOM presents the preliminary report of the Livelihood Survey to the government of Guatemala and its counterparts with the objective of generating information for the development of support programs for the reintegration of migrants and their families.
DTM Storm El Salvador 2020
On May 31, 2020, the General Directorate of Civil Protection, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DGPC) declared a red alert (1) at the national level based on the Special Meteorological Report No. 7, issued the same day by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), which reclassified tropical depression 2-E, which had begun on May 28, as storm “Amanda”. The rains continued with the arrival of storm “Cristobal” on June 1 and did not stop until June 7.
Initially, the General Directorate of Civil Protection, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DGPC) reported 30 deaths (20 men and 10 women) and more than 10,400 displaced people who were sheltered in at least 282 temporary collective sites. Subsequently, MARN (2) counted the total number of families affected by the storms at 29,968.
IOM in conjunction with the Intersectoral Committee for Temporary Shelters immediately implemented the DTM methodology to establish baselines and evaluation of temporary collective sites in El Salvador to support the humanitarian response of the Government, the UN Country Team and the different sectors of civil society.
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DTM COVID-19 El Salvador
In El Salvador, more than 1,100 people have been returned, mostly from the United States (97.2%), to their country of origin, in the period since the official declaration of national quarantine on March 11. However, this scenario poses other challenges related to the conditions and needs of the population in the short and medium term, as Vitorino reaffirms: “We also need to anticipate and prepare for the potentially severe economic consequences on migrants, sending and receiving countries”.
DTM Volcano of Fire
In support of the emergency caused by the eruption of the Fuego Volcano, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) offers the Government of Guatemala the information compiled with the methodology of the Human Mobility Tracking Matrix (DTM). DTM is a very flexible tool that is implemented through technological solutions to generate information quickly. This information was collected during Sunday, June 17 with the support of the technical coordinating staff of each official shelter registered by SOSEP. A brief description of the objectives and methodology is presented below.
