In order to gain a better understanding of mobility flows and trends throughout West and Central Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implements the Displacement Tracking Matrix’s Flow Monitoring (FM) tool at key transit

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities at several important transit locations in:   

For almost a few years an increasing number of people have taken the West African Atlantic Route (WAAR). This migratory route, which had been particularly active in 2006, has once again become a route frequently taken by sub-Saharan migrants.

IOM, through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (

In order to gain a better understanding of mobility flows and trends throughout West and Central Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implements the Displacement Tracking Matrix’s Flow Monitoring (FM) tool at key transit points

For almost a few years an increasing number of people have taken the West African Atlantic Route (WAAR). This migratory route, which had been particularly active in 2006, has once again become a route frequently taken by sub-Saharan migrants.

IOM, through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (

IOM, through the Displacement Tracking Matrix (

In order to gain a better understanding of mobility flows and trends throughout West and Central Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implements the Displacement Tracking Matrix’s Flow Monitoring (FM) tool at key transit points across the region. 

IOM, through the Displacement

In order to gain a better understanding of mobility flows and trends throughout West and Central Africa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) implements the Displacement Tracking Matrix’s Flow Monitoring (FM) tool at key transit points

The Flow Monitoring tool collects data on migration flows and trends, traveller profiles, migration journeys and intentions of migrants in order to obtain a deeper view of mobility in West and Central Africa.

the Flow Monitoring tool collects data on migration flows and trends, traveller profiles, migration journeys and intentions of migrants in order to obtain a deeper view of mobility in West and Central Africa. 

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities at several important transit locations in: 1) Barra (FMPs are located at the ferry terminal  and the main garage);

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities at several important transit locations in:

In The Gambia, DTM

Flow Monitoring activities are

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities at several important transit locations: In Barra (FMPs are located at the ferry terminal and the main garage), Farafenni (FMPs are located at Farafenni main garage, Farafenni Ballan-Ghar garage, Farafenni McCarthy and Sanjally garage, Farafen

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities in several important transit locations.

In The Gambia, DTM conducts Flow Monitoring activities in several important transit locations.

Plus de 5 000 migrants ont été assistés dans leur retour en Gambie par l’OIM entre janvier 2017 et juillet 2020.

More than 5,000 Gambian migrants returned to The Gambia between January 2017 and July 2020 through IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programme.

Most migrants who return to the Gambia are indebted. Loans are contracted either in the context of migrating, or to cover personal and professional expenses.

This report explores the economic drivers, societal dynamics and decision-making processes focusing on migration of Gambian nationals, drawing on the data collected through focus group discussions (FGDs) in the Gambia between 1st and 15th January 2020. This st