Abyan Assessment Report 8-9 July 2012

3.1 Characteristics of the assessed communities

Of the twelve communities assessed, seven were rural and five were of urban nature. All of the assessed were composed of returnees, IDPS, host, and non-host communities. Allohom (Jaar City) and Qaderallah do have marginalized population, and Batis has the Bedouin population. The major socio-economic activity in almost all of the assessed locations is agriculture except Zingibar. Zingibar has a high number of government employees and small businesses.

The assessment shows that the type of settlement in the assessed locations is of individual homes (non-hosted) in private accommodation except one in a collective centre with a site leader.

The crisis in Abyan has witnessed significant displacement in the south region. On population dynamics in the communities, 45% of the responses indicated that people are returning to the sites, whilst 10% indicated that people are coming to the site. However, 25% of the responses also indicated that people are also moving out of the site with 20% indicating there are no significant population movements.

The assessment showed that all assessed sites were affected by the conflict in Abyan. Of the non-displaced, 80% are host communities with 20% non-host communities. The displaced communities were predominantly all IDPs. On the characteristics of the returnee communities the assessment responses could not tell whether they were returning from IDP situation or from refugee situation. However, as at 20 June 2012, the total number of IDPs in Abyan was 4,589 households. The conflict in Abyan has displaced over 200,000 IDPs most of whom are found in the neighboring governorates.