Democratic Republic of the Congo: Factsheet – Site Registration (Data Collection: March 2024) – Democratic Republic of the Congo

CONTEXT

Following the escalation of hostilities between the armed group Mouvement du 23 Mars (M23) and the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and their allies at the end of January 2024, a significant displacement crisis has developed in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in the North Kivu province. Many individuals and families have been uprooted from their communities, seeking safety and shelter in various areas due to deteriorating security conditions. The intensification of the conflict has forced households to abandon their residences, leading to massive displacements from their places of origin to host communities, established sites, collective centers, and newly created sites. In response to these population movements, especially towards existing or newly established sites, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has conducted registrations to keep the data up to date, collect informationon new sites,regularly informstakeholders about the evolutionof movements, and provide data for potential humanitarian assistance.
This document presents key elements drawn from the consolidated results of the registration operations in Nord-Kivu conducted by IOM between March 7 and March 16, 2024, in the displacement sites of 8th CEPAC Lac Vert (Goma), BUHIMBA (Goma), and CBCA-REGO (Goma). Registration teams visited these displacement sites to verify, tent by tent, the presence of displaced households. In each habited tent, the enumeratorsrecorded the present households. This fieldwork was carried out in collaboration with the laCommission Nationale pourles Réfugiés(CNR)in Nord-Kivu.