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This figure takes into account secondary displacement of an estimated of more than 200,000
individuals or 10 per cent of the total returnee population (IOM, December 2009, p.9):
"It is also important to note that the figures provided above (Table 3) do take into consideration
secondary displacements: instances where the return ‘fails’ and returnees leave their return
destination, either returning to the place of original displacement (e.g. Khartoum) or to another
places (e.g. Juba, Kadugli, other urban areas).
Estimating the number of these secondary displacements is challenging. IOM, however, has been
able to provide an estimate of secondary displacement based on IOM’s complementary Village
Assessment Project. This project utilises Sudan-specific questionnaires to provide detailed village
level assessments (nearly 7,500 villages were assessed in 2008 and 2009). The assessments
provide information on the population and tribal composition of villages, the availability of shelter
and food, and livelihood opportunities as well as information on water and sanitation, health and
education and, critically, population movements.
Based on the Village Assessment data, IOM is able to establish an estimated average
percentage of secondary displacements across the following states. See Table 4 for more
details."
IOM Village Assessment Programme
IOM also runs a village assessment programme in Southern Kordofan and four states in Southern
Sudan (Northern Bahr al Ghazal, Warrab, Unity and Western Bahr al Ghazal). It provides the
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