This report outlines key trends that have been observed, with a focus on forced displacement, mixed migration, and resettlement movements. In 2017, migration in the East and Horn of Africa continued to be driven by a range of factors including conflict, insecurity, extreme weather conditions, political unrest, the youth bulge, and uneven economic growth.
Policy specialists, statisticians and data scientists working in government or with civil society organizations, as well as development practitioners and human rights advocates should find A Human Rights-Based Approach to Data (HRBAD) particularly timely.
These guidelines from the UN Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) are targeted at policy coherence in migration and development at the local level. They provide good practice examples of the topics discussed, and useful tools, handbooks and training materials.
This document provides international principles and recommendations for use by national statistical offices and census officials in countries throughout the world in planning and organizing their censuses. Topics include internal migration and international migration.
IOM's Migration Health Research Series aims at sharing high-yield scientific papers and analytical commentaries aimed at advancing migration health policy and practice at national, regional and global levels. The first book of the series is a two-part volume profiling the development of the National Migration Health Policy and intervention framework in Sri Lanka, which to a large extent was driven by an evidence-informed, multisectoral approach.
This report presents the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) discussion, of which the objective was to identify challenges and best practices by countries of origin, transit and destination, as well as possible joint efforts to protect the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents.
SHaSA 2 aims to serve as a practical tool for producers and users of statistical data, including statisticians, decision-makers (i.e. those in governments, ministries, central banks, etc.) and institutions in charge of planning, forecasting and programming.
