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Irregular migrant workers in the EU and the US
Irregular, unauthorized, or undocumented workers are persons who are employed without legal authorization to work. No one knows exactly how many irregular foreigners and workers are in European Union (EU) Member S...
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Migrant recruitment costs in the EU
Recruitment or migration costs are worker-paid fees and expenses incurred to obtain jobs in other countries. Many migrant workers pay several months foreign earnings to get jobs, prompting efforts to measure and r...
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IMPIC: A new and more comprehensive way to measure immigration policies
An increased need for effective migration governance has fueled an interest in building indices to measure and compare countries’ immigration policies. So far, there is no index that allows researchers to systemat...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data from population censuses
Sabrina Juran, Technical Specialist for Data and Research at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), shares her views on the benefits and limitations of data from population censuses.
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data on labour migration in Asia
Manolo Abella, Senior Research Associate of COMPAS, University of Oxford, talks to GMDAC about data on labour migration in Asia.
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: The effects of migration data on development
Hein de Haas, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, shares his views on data, migration and development. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this video are those of the intervi...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: How does the UN calculate the number of migrants globally?
Bela Hovy, Chief of the Migration Section at UN DESA, talks to GMDAC about how the United Nations calculates the total number of migrants around the world. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in th...
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