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Sudan – A 360° view on the migration and mobility dimensions of the current crisis

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Evaluating the impact of information campaigns

Central Mediterranean Route Thematic Report Series: Evaluating the impact of information campaigns in the field of migration: A systematic review of the evidence, and practical guidance | Issue No. 1

This report presents the results from a systematic literature review of evaluations of information campaigns related to migration. The study reveals that the evidence base available for programming and pol...
Identification of missing migrants

Central Mediterranean Route Thematic Report Series - Analysis of Best Practices in the Identification of Missing Migrants: Implications for the Central Mediterranean | Issue No. 2

Over the last decade, crossing the Central Mediterranean has become one of the deadliest journeys in the world for migrants, with at least 15,000 migrants having died on this route since 2014. The vast majority of...
UNESCAP Stats Brief

Can mobile phone data be used for official statistics? Asia and the Pacific say yes.

This paper presents outcomes from a Regional Workshop on the Use of Mobile Phone Data for Official Statistics, hosted by BPS Indonesia in conjunction with UN ESCAP, UN DESA, Pulse Lab Jakarta and the UN Globa...
Recommendations on statistics of international migration, revision 1 (1998)

Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, Revision 1

The most recent official recommendations from the United Nations for measuring international migration. The publication includes recommendations on generating statistics of international migrant flows and on the m...

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Comprehensive approaches but in a silo: 3 findings from the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI)

Not least since 2015, issues of human mobility have been high on many political agendas around the world. Yet available information on migration governance in different countries is highly unequal, with the focus ...

Migration Statistics: Let's Make Better Use of Existing Data

Using Facebook data to trace relocations from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

It is impossible to provide timely estimates of human migration flows after natural disasters by using only traditional data. Facebook offers new opportunities as a complementary source of information. An internat...

We have recommendations, now to implementation: The work of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics

Recommendations for official statistics are important. They exist for censuses, civil registration and vital statistics, energy and many other thematic and substantive areas. The new recommendations for refugee an...

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Linking surveys and satellite data: Forecasting migration patterns in rural Pakistan induced by climate change

Attempting to forecast migration patterns in rural Pakistan with using satellite and survey data
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Facebook Data Science Team: Coordinated Migration

This project visualizes coordinated migration between cities using Facebook data
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Monitoring human mobility during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ghana using mobile phone data from Vodafone

By using mobile phone data, this project showed how the Ghanaian population reacted to the lockdown policies implemented to counter the spread of the Coronavirus
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Statistics Netherlands’ experiments with neighbourhood maps based on big data

This interactive map by Statistics Netherlands provides users with background information about specific neighbourhoods across the country

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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Using big data to understand migration (part 1)

Ingmar Weber, Research Director at Qatar Computing Research Institute, shares his views on the use of big data to understand migration. This interview took place during the workshop "Big Data and alternative da...
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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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IOM’s Missing Migrants Project

Data on deaths of migrants compiled by IOM´s Global Migration Data Analysis Center All numbers are estimates. Arrivals based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices.

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration and Assisted Voluntary Humanitarian Returns

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) and Assisted Voluntary Humanitarian Return in 2021

Source: IOM 2022  Note: Unless specified otherwise, the data presented in the following graphs include two types of assisted returns: assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) and voluntary humani...
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IOM’s Missing Migrants Project

Data on deaths of migrants compiled by IOM´s Global Migration Data Analysis Center All numbers are estimates. Arrivals based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices.

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Migration Governance Profiles

Perfil de Gobernanza Migratoria: Municipio de Bucaramanga

En esta instantánea, se ofrecen ejemplos de ámbitos bien desarrollados en las estructuras de gobernanza del Municipio de Bucaramanga (en adelante, Bucaramanga), así como de otros ámbitos con potencial para desarro...

Migration Governance Profile: City of Bo

This local Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the city of Bo (Sierra Leone) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six domains...

Migration Governance Profile: City of Freetown

This local Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the City of Freetown (Sierra Leone) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six d...

Migration Governance Profile: City of Kenema

This local Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the City of Kenema (Sierra Leone) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evaluated through the six dom...

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