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Data Bulletin 5: Big data and migration: How big data innovation can serve migration policymaking

What is the potential of new data sources, such as mobile phones, social media and satellite imagery, to improve...

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What are the Portal's main objectives? The Portal aims to serve the migration community by making sense of migration...

The Local MGI

The Local Migration Governance Indicators: A look into the way local authorities govern migration Local authorities are...

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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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Environmental Migration

Quantifying environmental migration, displacement and mobility is challenging given the multiple drivers of such movement, related methodological challenges and the lack of data collection standards. Some quantita...

Forced migration or displacement

In studying forced or involuntary migration a distinction is often made between conflict-induced and disaster-induced displacement. Displacement induced by conflict is typically referred to as ...

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Report on the Methodology, Organization and Results of a Modular Sample Survey on Labour Migration in Ukraine

The case study analyses how labour migration is measured in Ukraine. Included in the report are explanations of how the survey team was assembled, how regions and households were picked to form a cohesive and adeq...
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Improving Methods of Collecting Migration Statistics in Central and Eastern Europe

This report summarizes the main discussions from a 2000 meeting in Geneva hosted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on the rights of migrant workers in Eastern Europe and CIS countries and the rol...
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Guide on developing an international labour migration statistics database in ASEAN

This publication gives brief overviews of the strategies and sources used to collect labour market data from ASEAN countries to be entered into the International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database, such a...
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Concept Note Ad hoc expert group meeting (EGM) on the use of Mobile Devices for Data Collection

The paper gives a broad overview of the benefits and uses of mobile phone data when collecting migration data, especially within the African context.

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Smuggling networks along the Central Mediterranean Route (CMR)

This article is part of a blog series on the edited volume "Migration in West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean: trends, risks, development, governance". The volume features co...
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Seasonal migration and COVID-19: undercounted, undervalued and underprotected

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the reliance of many economies and public services on migrant labour. Foreign-born doctors, nurses and other health-care personnel make vital contributions to health systems, inc...
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The Data Innovation Directory: Unlocking the potential of big data for migration policy

Whether we love it or loathe it, technology affects almost every aspect of our lives and it is likely to gain further influence in the future. We write e-mails and WhatsApp messages; send pictures and videos;...

National preparedness and response plans for COVID-19 and other diseases: Why migrants should be included

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PulseSatellite: A collaborative tool using human-AI interaction to extract information from satellite imagery for humanitarian purposes

Using artificial intelligence to extract information from satellite imagery for humanitarian purposes
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Understanding public attitudes towards refugees with radio content analysis

Analysing public radio content in Uganda using speech-to-text technology to understand attitudes towards refugees
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Applying innovative disclosure control techniques to census data

Modernizing statistical data dissemination in the UK 2021 census
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Facebook’s Disease Prevention Maps: Using social media data to help “flatten the curve”

Facebook’s “Data for Good” initiative shares data with NGOs, research organisations, and the public to allow for a quick and targeted response to the Coronavirus pandemic

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Videos

TALKING MIGRATION DATA: What do we know about data on environmental migration?

Disaster displacement forces millions of people away from their homes every year. Many more move in the context of environmental changes. Estimating the number of people affected remains a challenge for the intern...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Mexico-US migration: What can data tell us?

Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, shares his views on data and migration between the US and Mexico. This interview took place during first International Forum on Mi...
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Human mobility and climate change in South America

Luiza Pallone, Researcher at the South American Network for Environmental Migrations (RESAMA), shares her views on human mobility and climate change in South America.  
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TALKING MIGRATION DATA: Data and the Global Compact for Migration (GCM)

Gregory Maniatis, Program Director at Open Society Foundations, shares his views on data and the negotiations for a global compact for migration. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this video are th...
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Migration Governance Profiles

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Haiti

This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Haiti (hereafter referred to as Haiti) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as evalua...

Profil de gouvernance de la migration : La République d’Haïti

Ce profil décrit les points forts et les aspects à développer des structures de gouvernance des migrations de la République d’Haïti (Haïti), sur la base des six domaines du cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiG...

Migration Governance Profile: Republic of Guinea

This country Profile describes examples of well-developed areas of the Republic of Guinea (hereafter referred to as Guinea) migration governance structures and areas with potential for further development, as eval...

Profil de gouvernance de la migration : République de Guinée

Ce profil décrit les points forts et les aspects à développer des structures de gouvernance des migrations de la République de Guinée, sur la base des six domaines du cadre de gouvernance des migrations (MiGOF). C...

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