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Global Internal Migration and Forced Displacement Dataset
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ABOUT
The PRIMARI project, implemented by the International Organization for Migration, consolidates displacement data collected across more than 100 countries into a single, interoperable system. It brings together over 1,300 datasets, combining survey data, geospatial information, and contextual indicators to create a comprehensive, standardized resource. Delivered through the Displacement Tracking Matrix API and supported by a metadata repository, this enables users to query data across locations, timeframes, and variables without manual processing.
OBJECTIVES
With CRAF’d support, PRIMARI translates this scale into practical use. Humanitarian and development partners can integrate displacement data directly into early warning systems, risk models, and planning tools, improving how trends are analyzed and decisions are made. By linking large-scale data infrastructure with operational workflows, the project strengthens interoperability, supports anticipatory action, and enables faster, more targeted responses in complex and crisis-affected contexts.
IOM proudly led the CRAF’d-funded PRIMARI initiative, demonstrating how DTMs data can be leveraged for predictive insights and early action. The success of this project reflects our commitment to innovation and collaboration in facilitating and informing crisis response.
Ugochi Daniels
Deputy Director General of Operations, IOM
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UPDATES
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DTM API UPGRADE
With CRAF’d support, IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) released Version 3.0 of its API, enhancing access to data on displacement drivers, origins, and sex. This improves usability and transparency, helping partners respond better to displacement dynamics.
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DISPLACEMENT DATA ACCESS
IOM’s new Displacement Tracking Matrix API improves access to displacement data. With CRAF’d support, tools like the Coverage Mapper and Query Builder help partners anticipate, prevent, and respond by streamlining access for faster, more informed humanitarian decisions.
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STATE OF HUM DATA
The 2025 State of Open Humanitarian Data highlights IOM’s DTM API as a model for expanding access to data. With CRAF’d contributions, such systems help partners anticipate, prevent, and respond, turning shared insights into earlier, coordinated action.
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WORLD MIGRATION REPORT
IOM's Migration Report explores the complexities of human mobility, highlighting key global trends, pressing challenges, and emerging opportunities. The report carefully examines patterns and drivers of migration, its wide-ranging impacts, and evolving policy responses.
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PRESS RELEASE
IOM and CRAF’d launch PRIMARI, a new initiative centralizing mobility data to enhance coordinated support for 42 million people in crisis zones, ensuring earlier, faster, and more dignified humanitarian assistance for internally displaced persons.
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DECODING DISPLACEMENT DATA
IOM and the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, hosted a webinar on the opportunities of the Displacement Tracking Matrix, on how data is providing context-specific assistance to displaced and mobile populations globally.
