Displacement Profile: Secondary displacement among IDPs from Halfaya

While humanitarian actors have been able to acquire a baseline of information about populations living in camps and collective shelters in Syria since the start of the conflict, far less is known about IDPs in non-camp settings. Additional to this information gap on the needs of displaced communities in non-camp settings, thorough understanding of multiple displacement dynamics and trends also represents an important information gap. These gaps then hinder efforts to better assist non-camp populations and communities hosting IDPs.

In an effort to address these gaps and to provide information on displacement trends and patterns in Syria, REACH is conducting a series of case studies in Syria to understand displacement patterns, intentions and humanitarian needs of IDPs in northern Syria. In this specific case study, REACH assessed two groups of IDPs who fled from Halfaya in Hama governorate to Kafrsajna and Maar Tahroma in Idleb governorate. Displacement from Halfaya to these destinations began in April 2012 in response to increasing conflict in rural Hama. In February 2015, nearly all of the households from Halfaya that had sought refuge in Maar Tahroma left and relocated to Kafrsajna.