Opinion / Columnist
Movements between Zimbabwe, SA drop 13%
22 Aug 2022 at 07:12hrs | Views
LAST month, 44 380 movements were observed and 2 537 migrants were interviewed across 44 flow monitoring points in Zimbabwe.
This represented a 13% drop in total movements compared to the previous month.
The major drop of flows was witnessed along the Zimbabwe-Zambia corridor on which a drop of 27% on incoming flows was witnessed during the month.
There was also a drop along the Zimbabwe-South Africa corridor, with an 18% drop on inflows and a 12% drop on outflow movements.
Despite a significant drop of movements, the Zimbabwe-South Africa corridor hosted the largest number of movements, with 35 308 (80%) followed by the Zimbabwe-Zambia corridor with 3 916 movements reported (10%).
Fifty-seven percent of the total movements observed were inflows while 43% were outflows.
Of the inflows, 24% reported Harare as their destination district followed by Beitbridge (18%) and Bulawayo (6%).
During the reporting period, 30% of outgoing migrants had departed Beitbridge district, while 13% had departed Masvingo and 11% Harare.
The majority of outflows were through irregular crossing points, while inflows were mostly through formal crossing points
Out of the total migrants observed, 58% were males, while 42% were females.
Seventy percent of these migrants were between the ages of 20 and 49, with the majority (33%) travelling to conduct short- term local economic activities.
The majority of migrants (33%) were travelling to conduct commercial activities.
South Africa has been the preferred destination by those in search of employment due to appealing, socioeconomic conditions there.
This represented a 13% drop in total movements compared to the previous month.
The major drop of flows was witnessed along the Zimbabwe-Zambia corridor on which a drop of 27% on incoming flows was witnessed during the month.
There was also a drop along the Zimbabwe-South Africa corridor, with an 18% drop on inflows and a 12% drop on outflow movements.
Despite a significant drop of movements, the Zimbabwe-South Africa corridor hosted the largest number of movements, with 35 308 (80%) followed by the Zimbabwe-Zambia corridor with 3 916 movements reported (10%).
Fifty-seven percent of the total movements observed were inflows while 43% were outflows.
During the reporting period, 30% of outgoing migrants had departed Beitbridge district, while 13% had departed Masvingo and 11% Harare.
The majority of outflows were through irregular crossing points, while inflows were mostly through formal crossing points
Out of the total migrants observed, 58% were males, while 42% were females.
Seventy percent of these migrants were between the ages of 20 and 49, with the majority (33%) travelling to conduct short- term local economic activities.
The majority of migrants (33%) were travelling to conduct commercial activities.
South Africa has been the preferred destination by those in search of employment due to appealing, socioeconomic conditions there.
Source - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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