Chad

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Overview

Chad, a landlocked country in the heart of Africa, is faced with a multidimensional migration context.

The country experiences a complex humanitarian crisis , being affected by conflict in neighbouring countries (Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya and the Lake Chad basin), and currently hosting 464,000 refugees, 133,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 45,000 returnees. In conjunction, internal food security and economic crisis, severe underdevelopment and extreme poverty, lead young people in particular to seek economic opportunities under increasingly precarious conditions.

Although faced with multiple challenges, Chad is the first country to have contextualized the Global Compact for Migration in line with its National Development Plan and has emphasized its commitment to the 2030 SDGs and AU 2063 plan through initiatives that focus on engaging the diaspora, understanding and improving remittance management, developing and reviewing policy related to protection of migrants and improvement of migration-related data (including border management, flow monitoring etc.).

The IOM Mission in Chad was established in 2009 and continues to work in coordination with the Chadian authorities and local partners in various fields. Today, the mission implements activities focused on community stabilization, humanitarian assistance (shelter, non-food item kits distribution, displacement tracking, camp management), durable solutions for displaced populations (resettlement, assisted voluntary return), engagement with diaspora members, border management, peacebuilding and mediation, counter-trafficking and management of transhumance.

The Mission’s main office is in N’Djamena with field offices in Bol, Baga Sola, Faya, Farchana, Goré, Sarh, Sido and Zouarké. IOM in Chad is a member of the United Nations Country Team.

Migration Activities

Migrant Assistance

EUTF-IOM Joint Initiative for Migrant Protection and Reintegration in Chad. The project aims to improve protection, provide direct assistance and enable assisted voluntary return of stranded migrants, reintegration support for Chadian migrants returning home, reinforcing the capacity of local actors to assist and protect migrants and sensitizing communities on the dangers and risks linked to irregular migration.
Donor: DG DEVCO – The European Union Trust Fund

Labour and Facilitated Migration

Promoting the Engagement of the Chadian Diaspora to Support the Development of Chad. The project, in line with the National Development Plan, supports the Government of Chad to mobilize and involve members of the Chadian diaspora to contribute to the country’s development efforts. The project includes a mapping exercise of diaspora associations in France and Niger, capacity building of an inter-ministerial committee for migration and development and workshops focused on methods and opportunities to engage the diaspora to support the development of Chad.
Donor: The IOM Development Fund

Operations and Emergencies

Providing Refugee Resettlement Assistance to the Government of France. The project supports the Government of France’s programme to provide protection and durable solutions for vulnerable refugees through resettlement. IOM works to coordinate and implement pre-departure and post-arrival activities including case processing, health assessments, movement operations and relevant assistance to ensure the safe, dignified and organized arrival to France.
Donor: Ministry of Interior, French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons Resettlement

Support to Refugees during the Overseas Application Process for Resettlement to Canada and Prior to Departure. The project provides essential pre-departure processing services for refugees who have been selected for resettlement to Canada.
Donor: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada

Assisted Passage for Australian Government Funded Refugees and Special Humanitarian Programme Entrants. The programme provides services for refugees who have been selected for resettlement to Australia.
Donor: The Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Home Affairs

Resettlement from West and Central Africa and Great Lakes. The programme provides services for refugees who have been selected for resettlement to the United States
Donor: United States Refugees Admissions Programme

Providing Refugee Resettlement Support to the Government of Sweden. The programme provides pre-departure, movement and transportation assistance for refugees selected for resettlement to Sweden.
Donor: The Swedish Migration Agency

Enhancing the Understanding of Migration and Human Mobility in Chad through Improved Migration Related Data Management. The project strengthens migration-related and humanitarian interventions and collaboration with national emergency responders to address the needs of migrants and mobile populations, through by providing a comprehensive analysis of migration flows and routes, migrants’ profiles and protection needs generated through the collection of primary data in Chad.
Donor: The Netherlands

Demobilization, Disassociation, Reintegration, and Reconciliation: Conflict Dissolution and Peacebuilding in the Lake Chad Region (Chad, Niger and Cameroon). This project aims to support Chad's civilian government to develop and implement effective strategies and action plans to manage the growing number of people who have defected or disengaged from armed groups.
Donor: US Department of State

Emergency Assistance to Displaced Population and Stranded Migrants in Chad. The project provides emergency assistance to displaced persons and stranded migrant in the Lac and North regions, through data collection, shelter construction, non-food item (NFI) distribution and urgent assistance to stranded migrants.
Donor: Germany

Community stabilization

Peacebuilding through Adaptation to Climate Change and the Resilience of Livelihoods of People in the Lake Chad Region. The project aims to contribute to peacebuilding through promoting social cohesion and dialogue between communities, improving the resilience of communities, and encouraging peaceful coexistence between, refugees internally displaced and host communities.
Donor: The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund

Restoration of Peace for Communities Affected by Cross-Border Transhumance. The project aims to strengthen dialogue and peace at the community level for the prevention and management of conflicts in communities affected by cross-border transhumance. The intervention mainly focuses on strengthening the capacity of local actor through increased access to information and services and improving the perception of marginalized groups through increased inter-community dialogue.
Donor: The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund

Cash for work

Emergency food and livestock crisis response (PURCAE II). This project aims to strengthen social cohesion and dialogue within communities through increased community participation in decision-making processes and improved purchasing power of the most vulnerable households by injecting money into cash-for-work activities and increasing household management capacity in target areas.
Donor: Work Bank

Migration Health

Health Assessment in Africa. A Health Assessment Programme.
Donor: US Refugee Loan Fund

Expanded Vaccination and Presumptive Treatment for US-Bound Refugees. A project aimed to provide vaccination and presumptive treatment to prevent common vaccine-preventable diseases.
Donors: US Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration; Centre for Disease Control

Pre-departure Medical Services for Canada-bound Refugees. The programme provides essential pre-departure medical services for refugees selected for resettlement in Canada.
Donor: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Australian Humanitarian Entrants Health Programme. The programme provides essential pre-departure medical services for refugees selected for resettlement in Australia.
Donor: The Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Home Affairs

Partners

Ministry of Economy and Development Planning
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
African Integration and International Cooperation
Ministry of Public Health
Ministry of Higher Education
Ministry of Women, Early Childhood and National Solidarity
Ministry of New Technologies of Health Information
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Public Security and Immigration
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Governance
The National Commission for the Reintegration of Refugees and Returnees
UNHCR
The Chadian Red Cross
The Food and Agricultural Association
La Maison des Media au Tchad

Last updated: September 2019


Capital	N'Djamena
Population (2015):	14 million
Area:	1,284,000 km sq
Languages :	French, Arabic
Currency:	Coopération financière en Afrique centrale franc (XAF)
GDP per Capita PPP (2014):	USD 2,244
HDI Rank (2014):	185 of 188
Net Migration Rate (2015-2020):	1.1 migrants/1,000 population
Immigrants (2015):	3.7%
Women as a Percentage of Immigrants (2015):	53.9%
Population under 15 (2015):	47.7%
Adult HIV Prevalence (2014):	2.5%