HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
CONTEXT
The COVID-19 outbreak rst reported in the People’s Republic of China in late 2019 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisa-
on (WHO) on 11 March 2020. As of 18 October, approximately 39,945,000 conrmed cases had been reported in 213 countries, areas or
territories according to WHO and the neighboring country Dominican Republic already reported that 121,667 individuals tested posive to
the virus with 2,203 who have died from the disease. On 20 March, the rst two cases were conrmed in Hai and the country remains at
high risk of rapid contagion given the weak health system, the proximity and porous border with the Dominican Republic and the limited
external connecons now possible. In response, the Government of Hai has communicated many important instrucons to minimize the
spread of the disease, parcularly: closure of schools and factories, closure of airports and ports to passengers, banning of meengs of more
than 10 people, naonwide curfew between 20:00 and 5:00 and plea for social distancing guidelines to be respected. Some of these re-
stricons were lied or modied by the Haian government as of 30 June 2020. At present, 8,979 cases of infecon, 231 deaths and 7,303
recoveries have been conrmed in Hai.
IOM has adapted its ongoing Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) iniave along the Hai–Dominican Republic border to support the ongo-
ing preparedness and response. The Flow Monitoring iniave is being carried out in 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and the Do-
minican Republic: 46 unocial points and 4 ocial points in collaboraon with the Support Group for the Repatriated and Refugees (GARR
in French), Jesuit Services to Migrants (SJM in French) and Jano Siksè Border Network (RFJS in Haian Creole).
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MEN 55.1%
Please note that the gures above take into account all types of movements (forced, voluntary, daily etc.) observed along the monitored entry points. They do not replace ocial
numbers but rather aim to provide insight on movements trends and paerns observed at the border.
In addion, these gures represent the data entered at the me of the report. Informaon is being entered consistently and gures updated as the informaon becomes available.
DEMOGRAPHICS - WEEKS OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
BREAKDOWN OF VOLUNTARY RETURNS PER BORDER LOCATION - WEEK OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
WEEKLY FIGURES - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
84,330 total cross border movements observed
39,176 going to the Dominican Republic
45,154 going to Hai
18,162 of movements to Hai are voluntary returns
WOMEN 36.2%
BOYS 5.3% GIRLS 3.4%
Département Commune
5-Oct 6-Oct 7-Oct 8-Oct 9-Oct 10-Oct 11-Oct 12-Oct 13-Oct 14-Oct 15-Oct 16-Oct 17-Oct 18-Oct
Total per loca-
on
Nord-Est Ouanaminthe 680 402 507 450 449 392 584 750 460 385 430 491 230 600 6,810
Centre Belladère 747 501 500 526 931 622 503 1,322 714 671 803 1,007 513 385 9,745
Ouest Malpasse 85 41 66 80 51 40 63 46 65 45 103 74 30 56 845
Ouest Cornillon 12 22 17 18 20 20 23 27 34 20 4 13 29 10 269
Ouest Fonds-Verees 32 31 49 48 52 27 23 38 38 32 36 33 38 16 493
Total per date 1,556 997 1,139 1,122 1,503 1,101 1,196 2,183 1,311 1,153 1,376 1,618 840 1,067 18,162
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CROSS BORDER MOVEMENTS AT THE BORDER FROM 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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CUMULATIVE FIGURES FROM 17 MARCH 2020
637,033 257,762 379,271
Cumulave movements observed Cumulave movements observed from Cumulave movements observed from
on border crossing points Hai to the Dominican Republic the Dominican Republic to Hai
from 17 March to 18 October 2020. from 17 March to 18 October 2020. from 17 March to 18 October 2020.
DEMOGRAPHICS SINCE ONSET OF COVID-19 IN HAITI - from 17 MARCH TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
MEN 53.9% WOMEN 33.7%
BOYS 7.4% GIRLS 5.0%
VOLUNTARY RETURNS BY BORDER CROSSING POINTS FROM 17 MARCH TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
VOLUNTARY RETURNS
166,975
Voluntary Returns observed at
the border from 17 March to 18
October 2020.
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HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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CUMULATIVE FIGURES FROM 2018
2,890
Repatriaons since 2018
REPATRIATIONS FIGURES FROM 2018
REPATRIATIONS
The migraon of Haians remains one of the most complex and challenging in the region. It is esmated that there are more than 1.2
million Haian migrants across the world (MPI 2017), mostly in the United States of America, Canada, France, the Bahamas and the Do-
minican Republic, among others. Hai also remains highly exposed to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. Adding to
these challenges, the country’s connuous socio-economic issues caused by polical turmoil have consistently caused instability, wide-
spread poverty, risks of epidemies among others. These factors combined contribute to exacerbate the country’s vulnerability, thus di-
rectly driving irregular migraon ows.
In line with this, IOM is monitoring other movements and migratory ows outside of Hai, parcularly those observed towards northern
countries such as the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the United States of America. Indeed, as increased movements and repatriaons of
Haian migrants from the Northern part of Hai (Nord-Ouest, Nord and Nord-Est) have been observed for the beer part of 2019 and
early 2020, IOM’s ow monitoring teams will connue to track all trends that may also aect movements toward the Dominican Repub-
lic.
In this context, “Coast Guard” refers to migrants apprehended at sea in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the United States and repatriated by the Coast Guard.
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Country of Origin Female Male
Number of repatriated
migrants
Bahamas 1,218 26% 74%
Chile 27% 73% 257
Cuba 25% 75% 12
Dominica 26% 74% 46
Mexico 33% 67% 305
Turks and Caicos 277 8% 92%
St Kis and Nevis 12 0% 100%
Coast Guard 763 18% 82%
While repatriaons were halted in light of COVID-19 restricons, they have resumed in June. A total of 972 of Haian migrants were
repatriated to Hai between 1 June to 18 October.
• 715 persons forcefully repatriated from 6 locaons (6 countries and at sea)
• 257 persons voluntarily repatriated from Chile
REPATRIATIONS FIGURES AS OF ONSET OF COVID-19 IN HAITI
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Month Country of Origin Number of repatriated migrants Female Male
June 2020 Turks and Caicos Islands 277 8% 92%
July 2020 Bahamas 88 38% 62%
August 2020
Bahamas 65 22% 78%
Chile 150 27% 73%
Cuba 12 25% 75%
Dominica 46 26% 74%
Mexico 55 33% 67%
Coast Guard 117 9% 91%
September 2020
Chile 107* 47%* 53%*
St Kis and Nevis 12 0% 100%
October 2020 Bahamas 43 47% 53%
*The breakdown by sex for the repatriaon from Chile in September refers only to the 47 persons assisted by IOM and ONM as the complete list was unavailable.
HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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REPORT 1—MAIN RESULTS
Changes in mobility of acve phone numbers have been observed, parcularly:
• Reducon have been observed in the number of daily visitors to densely populated centers (city centers, town centers and main border
crossing points) aer 20 March.
• No signicant changes were observed in most regions, however slight increases were observed in residenal and sparsely populated
regions.
• In addion, countrywide mobility had also reduced as a reducon of the number of localies visited on average per mobile phone user
has also been observed aer 20 March.
FLOWMINDER—INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT
To further complement the displacement informaon captured by the Flow Monitoring iniave, IOM Hai has partnered with the interna-
onal Non-prot Organizaon Flowminder, to further understand the mobility within the country following COVID-19. Flowminder uses and
analyses anonymized and aggregated data from one of the Mobile Network Operators in Hai—Digicel—to comprehend mobility paerns of
populaons in order to support decision making in crises situaon such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Given that large-scale changes in mobility are both a cause and an eect of the pandemic, Flowminder analyzes the eect of populaon’s
mobility on the speed and paerns of the epidemic. Moreover, the data collected through Mobile Network Operators will assess how gov-
ernment intervenons such as travel restricons, curfews, closure of public places, banning of gatherings among others, as well as how so-
cial and economic shis caused by the epidemic aect mobility paerns and alter distribuons of populaons.
For more informaon, please consult the complete reports on IOM Hai‘s Website or Flowminders Website
REPORT 2—MAIN RESULTS
Changes in visitor numbers have been observed from 20 March
to 30 April, parcularly:
• Reducon of movements have been observed near border
crossing points and along the roads leading to the ocial
border crossing points of Ouanaminthe, Belladère and Mal-
passe. No reducon observed for Anse-a-Pitre.
• A decrease has been observed in commercial districts while
users have increased in residenal and remote areas. These
trends may parally reect diminished visits to workplaces
as well as possible relocaons from urban to rural areas as
an increase in phone usage in rural areas has also been ob-
served.
Decreases observed and highlighted on the rst report remain
consistent in the second report.
CHANGES IN VISITOR NUMBERS AT BORDER POINTS
(FLOWMINDER - REPORT 2)
CHANGES IN THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS VISITED PER SUBCRIBER (FLOWMINDER - REPORT 1)
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HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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ORIGIN AND DESTINATION OF VOLUNTARY RETURNS BY BORDER CROSSING POINT—WEEKS OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020 - OUANAMINTHE
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Origin in Dominican Republic
Monte Cris, Dajabon, Sanago, Valverde, Espaillat, Santo Domingo, La Vega, Monseñor Nouel, Samaná, La Romana, La Altagracia, Distrito Nacional
Desnaon in Hai: Département Desnaon in Hai: Commune
Nord-Ouest Port-de-Paix, Saint Louis du Nord, Bassin-Bleu, Jean-Rabel
Nord Cap-Haïen, Pilate, Limbé, St-Raphaël, Limonade, Plaisance, Pignon, Ranquite
Nord-Est Ouanaminthe, Trou du Nord
Arbonite Gonaives, Saint-Marc, St-Michel, Verrees, Gros-Morne, Marmelade
Centre Maïssade, Mirebalais, Hinche
Ouest Port-au-Prince
Sud Cayes
HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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ORIGIN AND DESTINATION OF VOLUNTARY RETURNS BY BORDER CROSSING POINT—WEEKS OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020 - BELLADÈRE
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Origin in Dominican Republic
Barahona, La Altagracia, La Vega, Independencia, San Cristobal, Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, La Romana, San Juan, Dajabon, Azua, Samaná, Duarte, Elias Piña, San Pedro
de Macoris, Bahoruco, Montecris, Monte Plata, Distrito Nacional
Desnaon in Hai: Département Desnaon in Hai: Commune
Nord Limonade
Arbonite Saint-Marc, Pont-Sondé, Gonaïves, L'Estère, La Chapelle, Verrees, Marmelade, Gros Morne
Centre
Thomonde, Hinche, Maïssade, Lascahobas, Savanee, Belladère, Boucan Carré, Saut d'Eau, Thomassique,
Mirebalais
Ouest
Arcahaie, Delmas, Croix-des-Bouquets, Croix-des-Missions, Péon-Ville, Tabarre, Carrefour, Gressier, Port-
au-Prince, Léogane, Cabaret, Pet-Goâve, Grand-Goâve
Sud-Est Jacmel, Cayes-Jacmel, Marigot, Bainet
Sud Cayes, Ile-à-Vache, Chantal, Torbeck
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HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
the Dominican Republic
HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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ORIGIN AND DESTINATION OF VOLUNTARY RETURNS BY BORDER CROSSING POINT—WEEKS OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020 - MALPASSE
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Origin in Dominican Republic
La Altagracia, Santo Domingo, Duarte, Barahona, La Romana, Independencia, Sanago, Bahoruco, San Cristóbal, Distrito Nacional
Desnaon in Hai: Département Desnaon in Hai: Commune
Arbonite Saint-Marc
Centre Thomonde, Mirebalais, Savanee, Hinche
Ouest
Delmas, Croix-des-Bouquets, Léogane, Cornillon, Cabaret, Tabarre, Cité-Soleil, Ganthier, Péon-Ville,
Arcahaie, Marssant, Fonds-Verrees, Sarthe, Montrouis
Sud-Est Anse-à-Pitres, Jacmel
Sud Les Cayes
Nippes Miragoane
Grande’Anse Jérémie,
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HAITI : COVID-19 BORDER MONITORING
Flow Monitoring on 50 Border Crossing Points between Hai and
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HAITI - WEEKLY SITREP - 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020
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ORIGIN AND DESTINATION OF VOLUNTARY RETURNS BY BORDER CROSSING POINT—WEEKS OF 5 OCTOBER TO 18 OCTOBER 2020 - CORNILLON & FONDS -
VERRETTES
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Origin in Dominican Republic
Bahoruco, Barahona, Azua, Independencia, Duarte, Santo Domingo, Hato Mayor, La Romana, Distrito Nacional
Desnaon in Hai: Département Desnaon in Hai: Commune
Ouest Fonds-Verrees, Cornillon/Grand-Bois, Ganthier
Sud-Est Thioe, Grand-Gosier, Belle-Anse, Anse-à-Pitres
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