Central African Republic - IOM has released a first survey on return intentions of displaced people to their neighbourhoods in Bangui and the conditions in which they might return when security permits.

The survey is the result of 587 interviews conducted by 41 inter-agency site facilitators deployed in 46 sites in Bangui. Highlights include:                            

• 99 per cent of those interviewed indicated that insecurity was the underlying cause of their displacement.
• 72 per cent of those interviewed intend to return to their place of origin within the next four weeks. Some do not plan to leave the site during the next four weeks.
• 85 per cent of those interviewed indicated that return is conditional upon the presence of security forces in their neighbourhood.
• A third of those interviewed indicated that their houses have been damaged or destroyed and their belongings looted, which explains why their return may be delayed.
•  85 per cent of those interviewed said that they left their places of origin during December 2013.
• 18 per cent of those interviewed said that they have been at different sites before reaching the one where they were interviewed.
• Beside security, three urgent priority needs were identified:  housing (17 per cent); food (11 per cent); and non-food relief items (11 per cent).
• 92 per cent of those interviewed had to stop working because of their displacement.

The survey was conducted by IOM with five local partners (AFPE, AIDE, IDEAL, JUPEDEC and REMOD) and two international NGOs (Mercy Corps and Danish Refugee Council).

For  more information please contact

Giovanni Cassani
IOM Bangui
Email: gcassani@iom.int