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Operational element: Up-to-date information on migrants and their needs

Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), global

A tool to monitor displacement that provides timely, reliable data and information for response planning.

IM Portal: Europe Population Movement Response

This online portal provides relevant information for responses to population movements.

Surveying migrants to understand needs and inform priority services. Surveys, including paper and phone based formats, provide a cheap and easy mechanism for feedback. They provide an important source of information to refine and improve the quality of services provided to migrants.

Smart practices

Smart practices report and database survey

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About the report

People migrate in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their families. As described in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) Policy on Migration, “migrants are persons who leave or flee their habitual residence to go to new places – usually abroad – to seek opportunities or safer and better prospects.
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian network with 17 million volunteers in 190 countries.