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Child and young migrants

Collecting and disaggregating migration data by age is essential for analysing the age dynamics of migrant populations. Child and young migrants are at risk of abuse, trafficking and exploitation, especi...
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Migrant rights

Under international law, migrants have rights by virtue of their humanity. International human rights instruments, or treaties and documents such as declarations, are of general application and therefore apply to ...
Exploitation types among identified victims of trafficking, 2007-2017 (%)

Human trafficking

The crime of human trafficking is complex and dynamic, taking place in a wide variety of contexts and difficult to detect. One of the greatest challenges in developing targeted counter-trafficking responses and me...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development consists of a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets. Migration is specifically referenced in seven of the SDGs and is also a cross-cut...

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International Transactions in Remittances: Guide for Compilers and Users

This is the first-ever manual providing detailed guidance on the compilation of remittances. Data on remittances are important for policymaking, analysis, and research purposes. Using the detailed guidance provide...
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IOM Ireland Rapid Policy Survey Report:The Irish Government’s Policy Response to COVID-19 from a Migration Governance Lens March 2020 – August 2020

IOM Ireland carried out a rapid policy survey in May 2020 in partnership with Ireland’s Department of Justice and Equality, with the objective of gaining a comprehensive view of policy measures taken by Ireland in...
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The Need to Capitalize on the 2020 Census Round for Migration Analysis

This technical brief from UNFPA encourages upcoming census rounds to include core questions on country of birth, country of citizenship, duration of stay, and reason for migration, in addition to advocating for th...
Assessing the Use of Call Detail Records (CDR) for Monitoring Mobility and Displacement

Assessing the Use of Call Detail Records (CDR) for Monitoring Mobility and Displacement

This report, jointly produced by Princeton University and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), provides an overview of the opportunities, limitations, and risks of using call detail record (CDR) dat...

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Migration Data and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Migration in the SDGs The SDGs’ central reference to migration is made in Target 10.7 to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the ...

SDG 1: END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than USD 1.25 a day Star Star Star Indic...

SDG 3: Good health and well-being

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births Star Star Star Indicator: 3.1.1 Maternal mortality rat...

SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

Migration-relevant SDG targets and indicators: Target 4.1 By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learni...

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Blog

5 Key Global Trends on COVID-19 and Migration

More than a year after the emergence of COVID-19, we look at five ways the pandemic has affected migrants around the world. 

Are migrants left behind? How COVID-19 hinders better migration data

Migrants worldwide play an important role in sectors vital to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic but are also exposed to higher risks of contracting the virus. Collecting, analyzing and using data on migrants has be...
Data Responsibility

Ensuring data responsibility within the Humanitarian sector

As humanitarians collect more data to inform their operations, it is increasingly within their moral, ethical and legal obligations to ensure they put the necessary data handling safeguards in place.  Data Re...
Venezuela emigration

5 key data visualizations on COVID-19's impact on Venezuelan refugees and migrants

As of 5 February 2021, there were approximately 5.48 million refugees and migrants from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the world  (R4V, 2021) Most of them (around 80 %) reside in countries in Latin A...

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Data Innovation

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Migrant sampling using Facebook advertisements

This project has successfully sampled Polish migrants in four countries by using Facebook advertisements
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Modelling migration flows in Sub-Saharan Africa using census microdata

This study analyses census microdata from 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to map internal and international migration movements
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“Data for Integration”: An open data challenge to enhance place-based integration policies in the European Union

Improving the use of Census data from different national statistics institutes to foster research and policy-making on local aspects of integration of migrants
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GeoMatch: Using artificial intelligence to improve refugee integration through data-driven assignments

Allocating refugees to optimal resettlement locations for integration success in the United States and Switzerland

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Videos

Key COVID-19 migration trends

One year ago, on 11 March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic! How has the pandemic affected international mobility?

Estimating irregular migration in the Russian Federation

Olga Chudinovskin, Professor at the Moscow State University, explains how her research tries to estimate irregular migration in the Russian Federation.

Data on the mobility of Chinese students

Xiaoxiao Chen, Researcher at the Center for China and Globalization explains what data exist on the mobility of Chinese students.

What is needed for effective SDG monitoring?

Marcela Cerutti, Researcher at the Centre for Population Studies (CENEP) explains what is needed in order to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) effectively.  

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Migration Governance Profiles

Über die Indikatoren der Migrationspolitik

Im Jahr 2015 entwickelte die IOM das „Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF)“ um zu helfen zu definieren, wie eine „gut gesteuerte Migrationspolitik" auf nationaler Eben aussehen könnte. Das MiGOF wurde von den IO...

About the Migration Governance Indicators

In 2015, IOM developed a Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF) to help define what “well-managed migration policy” might look like at the national level. The MiGOF was welcomed by IOM’s Member States the sam...

Indicadores de Gobernanza Migratoria (IGM)

En 2015, la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) desarrolló un Marco de Gobernanza de la Migración (MiGOF) para ayudar a los Estados a definir los elementos esenciales que constituyen la base nece...

Indicateurs de gouvernance des migrations (IGM)

En 2015, l'OIM a élaboré le cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiGOF) pour aider les pays à définir ce à quoi une « politique de migration bien gérée » pourrait ressembler au niveau national. Le MiGOF a été accu...

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Regional Page

Migration data in Europe

A wide range of migration data is collected and disseminated in Europe at national and, sometimes, subnational level. Institutional and legal frameworks have been developed by the European Union (EU) with the aim ...

Migration data in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa has historically been part of global migration and trade networks and continues to play an important role in both. The geographic sub-region1spans a total of 18 countries, ranging from Burundi, Rwan...

Migration data in Northern Africa

The six countries in Northern AfricaAs defined by the UN Statistics Division – Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia – have historically been and remain significant countries of migrant destination, tr...

Migration Data in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Migration to and from countries in Southern Africa1 is driven largely by the pursuit of economic opportunities, political instability and increasingly, environmental hazards. In a region with an estimated populati...

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Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

In the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), UN Member States agree on common goals in managing international migration in all its dimensions. The non-binding GCM encompasses 23 objectives ...

Data Bulletin 1: Informing a GCM - Global Migration Trends

This inaugural issue of the Data Bulletin provides a brief overview of key global migration trends, based on available...

Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

About the Data Bulletin Series "Data Bulletin: Informing a Global Compact for Migration", launched by IOM’s Global...

Data Bulletin 2: More Than Numbers: The value of migration data

This issue highlights that, while migration data are gaining traction on the international development agenda, as both...

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