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International migration flows

Migration flows data capture the number of migrants entering and leaving (inflow and outflow) a country over the course of a specific period, such as one year (UN SD, 2017). Data on migration flows are essential f...
International Migrant Stocks, Mid-Year 2020

International migrant stocks

International migrant stocks are estimates of "the total number of international migrants present in a given country at a particular point in time" (UN SD, 2017: 9). United Nations (UN) data on these sto...
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Migrant recruitment costs

Most low-skilled labour migrants pay fees to obtain contracts and complete recruitment formalities. This is against international conventions and many countries’ national laws that require employers to pay all of ...
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Family migration

Family is a major driver of migration. Family migration is the term used to categorize the migration of people who migrate due to new or established family ties, and it encompasses several sub-categories: reunific...

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Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons Tool 9.15: Use of standardized data collecting instruments

This is one section of a larger toolkit written to combat trafficking in persons, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2008. It specifically addresses the standa...
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Sharing Data: Where to Start - An Emerging Approach to Migration Data Management

This book both offers a look at existing methods used to collection migration data as well as a fresh approach to building accurate, sustainable statistical migration data collection. In order to showcase this app...
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Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Training Manual (Facilitators’ Guide)

This training manual, produced by IOM's Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) Division, offers a practical look at issues surrounding environmental migration and how policymakers at local and regio...
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World Bank Household Surveys for the African Migration Project

This report covers how a South African survey was crafted in order to measure migration and remittances in a country where the majority of migrants are undocumented. The document goes over the procedures undertake...

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Migration Data in Asia and the Pacific - Launch Event

Introducing IOM’s Asia-Pacific Regional Data Hub (RDH), key findings from a new Regional Secondary Data Review (RSDR) and new sub-regional migration data overviews. The event was held online on Monday, 10 May 2...
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One year later, none the wiser: Seasonal migrant workers still left behind during COVID-19

One thing the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated is the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers in global food supply systems. At the start of the agricultural season in 2020, countries heavily reliant on...

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...

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Quantifying international human mobility patterns using Facebook network data

This study investigates the feasibility of using non-traditional data sources to fill existing gaps in migration statistics
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Using Facebook data to predict hate crimes against refugees in Germany

This project analysed data from the Facebook page of the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) to predict incidents of hate crime against refugees in German municipalities
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Returning home? Identifying key factors weighing on Syrian refugees choosing (not) to return to Syria with using machine learning

Using machine learning techniques to identify key factors in refugees’ decision process of voluntarily returning to Syria
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Yahoo! log-in information: An innovative data source used to map global migration movements

Mapping global migration movements by analysing geolocated log-in data of Yahoo!’s web services

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